Overnight Defense: Embattled Pentagon policy nominee withdraws, gets...
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View ArticleNavy SEALs end ties with museum over video of dogs attacking man in...
The U.S. Navy SEALs have reportedly cut ties with an independent Navy SEAL museum after video surfaced over the weekend showing dogs participating in a demonstration in which they attacked a man in a...
View ArticleMarines find human remains, vehicle that sunk in California training accident
The Marines Corps has found the amphibious assault vehicle (AAV) that sank off the coast of Southern California last week, killing nine service members, the service said Tuesday.The 15th Marine...
View ArticleFourth service member killed by COVID-19
A fourth U.S. service member has died from the coronavirus, the first such case since May, according to the Pentagon.Data published Monday by the Department of Defense (DOD) listed the death of the...
View ArticleTrump participates in swearing-in of first African American service chief
President Trump on Tuesday participated in a swearing-in ceremony for the U.S. military’s first African American service chief, Gen. Charles “C.Q.” Brown, who will serve as Air Force chief of staff....
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View ArticleEsper contradicts Trump: 'Most believe' Beirut explosion was an...
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Wednesday said “most believe” the massive explosion that killed at least 100 people in Beirut was an accident, contradicting President Trump, who a day prior called the...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Esper says 'most believe' Beirut explosion was...
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View ArticlePoll: About three quarters support bringing troops home from Iraq, Afghanistan
About three-quarters of U.S. adults say they support bringing U.S. troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan in a new poll commissioned by the libertarian Charles Koch Institute obtained exclusively by The...
View ArticleAir Force general officially becomes first African American service chief
Gen. Charles “C.Q.” Brown has taken the reins of the Air Force, officially becoming the first African American general to lead a branch of the U.S. military.Brown was officially sworn in as Air Force...
View ArticlePentagon sends 3 cargo planes to Lebanon filled with aid as questions on...
The Pentagon is flying aid to Lebanon following the massive explosion that killed at least 150 people and injured thousands more in Beirut and has caused much speculation with no definitive answers as...
View ArticleSenators introduce bill to block Trump armed drone sale measure
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Thursday introduced a bill that would ban the sale of large armed drones to all nations other than close U.S. allies.The legislation was crafted in response to...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Air Force general officially becomes first African...
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View ArticleTrump advisers were wary of talking military options over fears he'd...
President Trump's advisers were wary to talk to him about military options over fears he’d accidentally start a war, CNN’s Jim Sciutto reported Thursday.Sciutto, CNN’s chief national security...
View ArticleMost VA workers find racism 'moderate to serious problem' at...
A new union survey found that nearly 80 percent of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees thought racism was a problem at the VA, with more than half reporting that they have seen racial...
View ArticleOvernight Defense: Most VA workers find racism 'moderate to serious...
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View ArticleRemains of Marines, sailor who died in training exercise recovered in California
The remains of the seven Marines and a Navy sailor who were killed during a training accident off the coast of Southern California last week have been recovered, the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force said...
View ArticleEsper says US troop presence in Afghanistan will be 'less than...
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in an interview broadcast late Saturday that no more than 5,000 U.S. troops would remain in Afghanistan by the end of November as the Trump administration looks to...
View ArticleEsper says officials still don't know source of Beirut blast
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in an interview that aired late Saturday that officials still don’t know what caused a massive explosion in Beirut that killed more than 100 people and injured...
View ArticleTrump, US face pivotal UN vote on Iran
The Trump administration’s Iran strategy will face a key test this week as the United States calls for a vote at the United Nations on its resolution to extend an arms embargo against the Islamic...
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