Saudi military students resume US flight training: report
Saudi military students have returned to U.S. flight training, three months after a Saudi student shot and killed three U.S. sailors in Pensacola, Fla. The U.S. Navy released a statement obtained by...
View ArticleUS, South Korea delay military exercises as virus spreads
The U.S. and South Korea on Thursday announced that they would postpone annual joint military exercises due to the spread of the coronavirus in South Korea.Officials from the two countries said at a...
View ArticleMarine commandant orders removal of Confederate paraphernalia at bases
The Marine Corps is calling for all paraphernalia related to the Confederacy to be removed from its bases around the world. Commandant Gen. David Berger made the directive in a memo to senior staff...
View ArticleNavy head: Cutting shipbuilding for nukes, Trump border wall 'not...
Diverting money from the Navy’s shipbuilding budget to a nuclear agency and to fund President Trump’s border wall is “not helpful,” the Navy’s top civilian told lawmakers Thursday.“To be frank, it’s...
View ArticleCheney, House Republicans express 'serious concerns' with...
Twenty-two House Republicans are expressing “serious concerns” about the Trump administration’s plans to sign a peace deal with the Taliban this weekend.In a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo...
View ArticleBipartisan senators say Pentagon's effort to improve military housing...
The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee are criticizing the Pentagon's efforts to address widespread issues in military housing, arguing it “does not go far enough” to...
View ArticleMajority of troops in survey support transgender service members in ranks
A Pentagon-funded study found that more than two-thirds of active duty service members back having transgender individuals serve alongside them.The report, “Support for Transgender Military Service...
View ArticleHouse Armed Services chairman working on bill to restore Pentagon funding...
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is working on a bill to “claw back” the $3.8 billion the Pentagon is redirecting from weapons programs to President Trump’s border wall, he said...
View ArticleVA watchdog investigating allegations Wilkie sought to discredit aide who...
The Department of Veterans Affairs’s internal watchdog is investigating claims that Secretary Robert Wilkie attempted to discredit an aide to a top Democrat after she reported she was sexually...
View ArticleUS accuses China of using laser against Navy patrol plane
The Navy said Thursday that a Chinese warship fired a military grade laser at a U.S. surveillance aircraft flying over the Pacific Ocean last week, calling the action “unsafe and unprofessional.”The...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Watchdog investigating VA chief | Allegations claim Wilkie...
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View ArticlePompeo: US has offered to help Iran fight coronavirus
The United States has offered to help Iran with its outbreak of the novel coronavirus, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday.“We have made offers to the Islamic Republic of Iran to help, and we’ve...
View ArticleGOP rep, Democrats exchange heated remarks during Pompeo hearing on Iran
A Republican member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee duked it out with Democrats on Friday in a confrontation over the killing of a top Iranian general during a public hearing on U.S. policy in...
View ArticleTrump administration sued over plan to allocate additional DOD funds for...
Three groups are suing the Trump administration over a plan to allocate an additional $3.8 billion in Department of Defense (DOD) funding for the border wall. "The president is doubling down on his...
View ArticlePhilippines, US considering new military pact: Report
A new military pact between the Philippines and the U.S. is reportedly under consideration.The Defense Department was left "extremely concerned" after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has said...
View ArticleDemocrat gets in heated exchange with Pompeo at hearing: 'Do you believe...
A House hearing on Friday that was meant to address the U.S. strategy in Iran blew up into a heated confrontation over the Trump administration's handling of the coronavirus.The purpose of Secretary of...
View ArticleTrump touts Taliban deal ahead of signing
President Trump on Friday touted a “powerful path” to ending the nearly 19-year war in Afghanistan ahead of the United States and the Taliban signing a deal to start the withdrawal of U.S....
View ArticleWhite House formally announces Trump's Navy secretary nominee
President Trump will nominate U.S. Ambassador to Norway Kenneth Braithwaite to be Navy secretary, the White House formally announced Friday.The announcement is the first public sign of movement on the...
View ArticleGOP senator presses Pentagon on protecting service members from coronavirus
A top Senate Armed Services Committee Republican on Friday pressed the Pentagon on how it will protect members of the military and their families from the coronavirus.“I have questions about the...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Lawmakers clash during Pompeo hearing on Iran | Trump...
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