Trump announces special Christmas gift for military troops
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump said during his address to the nation Wednesday night before Christmas that nearly 1.5 million military service members will be receiving a Christmas bonus. While touting his administration’s agenda from the White House, Trump...
Joint Task Force Southern Spear kills 4 narco-terrorists in Eastern Pacific
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Joint Task Force Southern Spear team struck a narco-terrorist vessel transiting a well-known Pacific drug corridor, killing four militants with no U.S. casualties, according to a post Wednesday night shared on X by U.S. Southern Command...
Pentagon escalates probe into Sen. Mark Kelly over lawful orders video
The Defense Department said this week it is accelerating its investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., a retired Navy pilot, for allegedly violating military law after he took part in a video with five other Democratic members of Congress urging service members to refuse illegal...
Hegseth orders overhaul of Chaplain Corps
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered an overhaul of the military’s Chaplain Corps in a Tuesday video message, saying he intends to “make the Chaplain Corps great again,” by restoring its focus on religious ministry. “In an atmosphere of political correctness and secular humanism, chaplains have...
Attention, ladies: You can now wear the iconic Marine Corps boat cloak
The few and the proud just got a bit more debonaire. For the first time since its authorization for wear in the 1800s, both male and female Marines whose rank or officer status qualifies them can wear one of the Corps’ rarest and most pricey...
Trump pays tribute to 2 Iowa Guard soldiers, vows retaliation
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Delaware — President Donald Trump solemnly saluted as the flag-draped cases of three Americans — two Iowa National Guardsmen and one civilian — were carried across the tarmac Wednesday at Dover Air Force Base, days after the president vowed revenge for...
Federal appeals court backs Trump on National Guard deployment in DC
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of the Trump administration’s bid to continue the deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., signaling that it may find the troop’s deployment within the nation’s capital to...
Army, Navy underreported low-scoring recruits, DOD watchdog finds
A Pentagon watchdog found that the Army and Navy failed to accurately calculate the number of recruits who scored low on military aptitude tests, a practice that risked circumventing legal limits and rules meant to govern enlistment quality. The Army and Navy counted scores earned...
Senate passes major policy bill authorizing $900 billion for Pentagon
The Senate on Wednesday passed a major policy bill that authorizes the Defense Department to spend $900.6 billion in fiscal 2026. The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, which the House passed Dec. 10, will now head to President Donald Trump, who has pledged to sign...
USS Nimitz returns home for likely last time before retirement
The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier docked in its homeport of Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington, on Tuesday for what is scheduled to be its final visit there. The world’s oldest aircraft carrier, commissioned in 1975 with a service lifespan of 50 years, is set...
