Ex-Joint Chiefs chair: Deploying military domestically would negatively...
Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey said Sunday that deploying the military domestically to respond to the protests sparked by George Floyd’s death would negatively affect its...
View ArticleReported US troop drawdown could hurt NATO security, German official says
German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer warned Monday that the Trump administration’s reported plans to withdraw over 25 percent of U.S. troops could have adverse consequences for both the...
View ArticleFrench troops killed top al Qaeda leader in Mali, Pentagon confirms
French troops last week killed a top al Qaeda leader in northern Mali, the Pentagon confirmed on Monday. French officials announced on Friday that two days earlier forces killed Abdelmalek Droukdal,...
View ArticleTop Democrats demand answers on Trump administration's...
A group of top House Democrats is demanding answers from the Trump administration on reported conversations within the administration on whether to resume nuclear testing.“It is unfathomable that the...
View ArticlePentagon leaders open to renaming Army bases named after Confederate leaders
Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy are open to renaming Army bases that are named after Confederate leaders, the Army said Monday."The secretary of Defense and secretary of...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Army now willing to rename bases named after Confederates...
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View ArticleUS, Russia to begin nuclear arms talks this month
U.S. and Russian officials will meet later this month for nuclear arms control negotiations, a top Trump administration arms control official said Monday. Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control...
View ArticleArmy briefs House panel on response to DC protests
Army leaders briefed members of House Armed Services Committee on Monday about the military branch's response to protests in Washington, D.C., over racial injustices, a committee spokeswoman said...
View ArticleOfficials say 60 percent of Roosevelt carrier crew have coronavirus...
Sixty percent of the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier’s crew tested positive for coronavirus antibodies, two U.S. officials told Reuters Monday.A U.S. Navy investigation into the coronavirus outbreak on...
View ArticleNational security officials unaware of Trump's decision to cut troops in...
President Trump's decision to cut nearly 10,000 troops stationed in Germany caught top officials at the Department of Defense, National Security Council and State Department unaware, according to...
View ArticleMore than 8,500 airmen apply to join Space Force
More than 8,500 airmen volunteered to join the Space Force during May, the first month applications to transfer into the military’s newest branch were accepted, it said Tuesday."I am incredibly proud...
View ArticleDC National Guard members called to respond to protests test positive for...
The D.C. National Guard confirmed Tuesday that multiple members have tested positive for coronavirus following their deployment to respond to protests around the White House in response to the police...
View ArticleSenate confirms nation's first African American service chief
The Senate has confirmed the U.S. military’s first African American service chief.In a unanimous 98-0 vote presided over by Vice President Pence, a rare occasion, the Senate voted to confirm Gen....
View ArticlePetraeus: Time to remove names of Confederate 'traitors' like...
Former CIA Director David Petraeus argues in a new opinion piece that names of Confederate "traitors" should be removed from U.S. military bases. The retired Army general wrote in The Atlantic that "it...
View ArticleRepublicans urge Trump to reject slashing US troop presence in Germany
Twenty-two Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee are calling on President Trump not to reduce the number of U.S. troops in Germany.In a letter to Trump on Tuesday, committee ranking...
View ArticleNavy to ban Confederate flag, symbols from its bases and ships
The Navy is planning to ban Confederate flags from being displayed on any of its installations, in a move that comes after protests swept the nation following the death of George Floyd, a black man who...
View ArticleTrump was talked out of firing Esper last week: report
President Trump reportedly wanted to dismiss Defense Secretary Mark Esper last week over conflicting views on the use of active-duty troops to quell nationwide protests but was talked out of it by...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Senate confirms US military's first African American...
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View ArticleUS deploys aircraft carriers amid tensions with China
The U.S. has deployed two aircraft carrier strike groups to the Pacific, the USS Ronald Reagan and USS Nimitz, as part of efforts to safeguard against the possibility of another coronavirus outbreak in...
View ArticleUS military jets intercept Russian bombers, fighters off Alaskan coast
U.S. fighter jets intercepted two formations of Russian military aircraft off the coast of Alaska early Wednesday morning, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said.“Despite the challenges...
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