The U.S. military’s recruiting troubles came just as it was attempting a fundamental shift in its mission. For decades, the ...

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To counter risk from adversaries like Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and proxies such as the Houthis and Hamas, we maintain the Department of Defense. The DOD includes the Joint Chiefs of Staff, ...

The Senate confirmed Doug Collins, an Air Force Reserve chaplain and former Republican House representative, to serve as the ...

Austin retired from the Army in 2016 only to be asked to return to the Pentagon by President Joe Biden in 2021, making history as the nation's first Black defense secretary.

Travelling through the Middle East over the course of five months to film a new series and write a book I often found myself in these otherworldly encounters. In Iraq, I sipped tea with Abu Tahsin – a ...

President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the nation’s spy chief on Thursday faced almost three hours of grilling from lawmakers ...

A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to push out federal employees by offering them financial incentives ...

Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump's pick to be director of national intelligence, testified Thursday before the Senate Intell ...

“A variety of sources, including your own writings, implicate you with disregarding laws of war, financial mismanagement, racist and sexist remarks about men and women in uniform, alcohol ...