Esper: Dismissal of aircraft carrier commander an 'example of how we...
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday defended the Navy’s decision to remove Capt. Brett Crozier, the commanding officer who warned of a coronavirus outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, without an...
View ArticlePentagon chief says military moving toward face coverings
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday that the military will issue guidance on face coverings for troops after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended people cover their...
View ArticleEsper faces tough questions on dismissal of aircraft carrier's commander
Defense Secretary Mark Esper faced tough questions on Sunday regarding the dismissal of a Navy captain who wrote a letter to leadership pleading for help amid a coronavirus outbreak aboard the USS...
View ArticlePentagon staffers told to come to work with face coverings: report
Pentagon staffers have been instructed to come to work with face coverings starting Monday, in an email some received over the weekend, CNN reported. An official who received one of the messages told...
View ArticleTrump administration eyes Afghan security forces funding for aid cut: report
A proposed cut of $1 billion in U.S. aid to Afghanistan would come out of funds earmarked for Afghan security forces, three U.S. sources told Reuters.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the aid...
View ArticleAircraft carrier commander removed by Navy tests positive for COVID-19: NYT
Capt. Brett E. Crozier, whom the Defense Department removed from command of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt after he raised alarms about a novel coronavirus outbreak onboard, has tested...
View ArticleActing Navy secretary slams fired aircraft carrier captain as...
Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly reportedly told the crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt that former commander Capt. Brett Crozier was “too naive or too stupid” to be in charge of the aircraft...
View ArticleDemocratic senator rips Navy head's 'completely inappropriate'...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) blasted Thomas Modly on Monday after the acting Navy secretary called an ousted aircraft carrier captain “too naive or too stupid” to command the ship.“Based on the transcript...
View ArticleNavy head stands by controversial speech on ousted captain
Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly said on Monday he stands by a speech about his decision to remove the captain of an aircraft carrier during which he suggested the captain was “naive” or “stupid,”...
View ArticleDemocratic lawmakers call for Navy chief's firing
Democratic lawmakers, including members of the House and Senate Armed Services committees, pressed Defense Secretary Mark Esper to fire acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly for calling the former captain...
View ArticleArmy pauses sending new recruits to basic training amid pandemic
The Army on Monday paused sending new recruits to basic training for at least two weeks in response to the coronavirus pandemic.“In concert with guidance from the Department of the Army, along with...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Acting Navy secretary under fire for speech calling ousted...
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View ArticleNavy hospital ship to treat coronavirus patients after outcry
A Navy hospital ship originally dispatched to New York to treat patients who haven't been infected by the coronavirus will now take in individuals who have contracted the deadly virus, following outcry...
View ArticleHouse Armed Services chairman calls for removal of Navy chief
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) on Monday called for the removal of acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly after audio leaked in the media of Modly saying an ousted ship...
View ArticleNavy chief apologizes to aircraft carrier crew, former captain after leaked...
Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly apologized to crew members of the USS Theodore Roosevelt and its former commander Monday evening over remarks he made earlier in the day calling Capt. Brett Crozier...
View ArticleNavy hospital ship crew member tests positive for coronavirus
A crew member aboard the USNS Comfort, which is serving as a temporary hospital while docked in New York harbor, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Navy confirmed to multiple news...
View ArticleHouse panel seeks documents on aircraft carrier's coronavirus outbreak
A House subcommittee chairman is asking the Pentagon for documents related to the coronavirus outbreak aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier.Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Oversight and...
View ArticleTrump replaces Pentagon IG, removing him from coronavirus relief oversight panel
President Trump has replaced the Pentagon’s top watchdog a week after he was named to lead a committee charged with overseeing the $2 trillion coronavirus relief package.Glenn Fine, who has served as...
View ArticleTammy Duckworth calls on acting Navy secretary to resign
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (Ill.) on Tuesday became the latest Democrat to call on acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly to resign, as criticism mounts over his firing of a captain who raised the alarm about...
View ArticleArmy begins testing possible coronavirus vaccines on primates at Fort Detrick
U.S. Army researchers at Fort Detrick in Maryland have begun testing potential vaccines for the novel coronavirus on animals, officials said.The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious...
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