Military families seek out food assistance amid shutdown anxiety
When staff members arrived at their Armed Services YMCA food pantry distribution location near Fort Hood, Texas, at 5 a.m. Thursday, they found a line of military families stretched around the side of the building. “That’s not happened ever. We had a 34% increase this...
Generals on notice as Hegseth calls for return to ‘warfighting ethos’
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! War Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a blunt message to military leaders from around the globe this week: get fit, get on board with the Trump agenda or get out. It marked the first time generals from around the...
Adm. James Kilby receives ‘Old Salt’ award for tenured service
Adm. James Kilby is now officially an “Old Salt” in the eyes of the Navy. The 62-year-old vice chief of naval operations collected the distinguished honor on Tuesday, commemorating his tenure in the military, according to a Navy release. The “Old Salt” award, which recognizes...
Pentagon downgrades leadership role for Air Forces-Europe to 3-star
President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Lt. Gen. Jason Hinds to be the next commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa. But unlike every other permanent USAFE commander since the late 1950s, Hinds’ new assignment will not come with a promotion to four-star...
Trump declares drug cartels operating in Caribbean unlawful combatants
President Donald Trump has declared drug cartels to be unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in a “non-international armed conflict,” according to a Trump administration memo obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, after recent U.S. strikes on boats in the Caribbean. A...
Hegseth and Bondi rally federal agents and troops in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller on Wednesday rallied members of a federal law enforcement task force that has begun operating in Memphis as part of President Donald Trump’s crime-fighting plan...
GOP lawmaker warns government shutdown leading to disrupted military operations
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: A Republican member of the House of Representatives is sounding the alarm over the consequences that a government shutdown could have on the military. Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., sent a letter to the Secretary...
How the government shutdown is affecting troops, families
The government shutdown has already affected some services on military installations, but the impact varies, according to Military Times’ review of several installation Facebook pages. For example, family centers at some bases are open, like those at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, but classes...