SecDef wields axe to brass, HQs, formations to fashion leaner Army
The secretary of defense has ordered the Army secretary to cut programs, reduce the number of general officers in the ranks and consolidate offices, commands and headquarters, including a four-star command formed in the previous Trump administration designed to reform its acquisition process. Defense Secretary...
Trump secures freedom for American who spent 903 days in Kuwait prison
Tony Holden, an American defense contractor, is thanking President Donald Trump after gaining his freedom from detention in Kuwait. In a video in which Holden was surrounded by loved ones, he expressed his gratitude to the president. “I wanted you to be able to meditate...
Top Marine calls for affordable, lethal and autonomous systems
The Marine Corps’ highest-ranking officer continues to emphasize the service’s key mission in crisis response through its expeditionary units, while asking industry to give the Corps affordable and autonomous ways to modernize the force. Marine Corps Commandant Eric Smith told the audience at the annual...
Hegseth orders Army overhaul to counter China, boost space and missile defenses
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday ordered a top-down transformation of the Army in a sweeping directive aimed at reorienting the service toward great power competition. With a sharp focus on countering China, developing space and counter-space capabilities, and accelerating the Pentagon’s new Golden Dome...
Military sexual assault reports decreased 4% last fiscal year
But officials noted that sexual harassment reports rose slightly over the same time period, and many victims remain reluctant to file formal complains, blunting some of the optimism surrounding the issue. According to statistics released Thursday, department officials received 8,195 sexual assault reports in 2024...
Air Force Major who defied Biden vaccine mandate speaks out, applauds Hegseth
A 16-year veteran and former Air Force major who voluntarily left the military after she refused to receive the COVID-19 vaccination under President Biden’s 2021 executive order commended Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Trump administration’s actions to undo the effects of the controversial mandate. Kacy...
Florida to execute Army veteran convicted of killing girlfriend, 3 children
Florida is preparing Thursday to execute an Army veteran convicted in the 1998 shotgun killings of his girlfriend and three young children. Jeffrey Hutchinson, 62, is set to receive a lethal injection starting at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison near Starke in what will...
The Marines’ unmanned ground vehicle will look a lot like the Army’s
It’s official: After several years of testing and experiments, the Marine Corps is sure it wants an unmanned ground vehicle. Speaking at the Modern Day Marine conference in Washington on Wednesday, Lt. Col. Scott Humr, the deputy for the Marines’ Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Systems...
House chairman asks Attorney General to investigate former VA leaders
House Republican lawmakers are asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate whether former Veterans Affairs leaders violated federal laws with their budgetary mistakes last year, potentially shifting the ongoing political dispute into the courts. Top Democratic leaders decried the move as “a desperate political stunt”...
GOP bill repeals rule on how for-profit schools count vets benefits
Members of the House Education and Workforce Committee voted along party lines Tuesday to advance their section of the massive congressional reconciliation bill, which includes $330 billion in cuts to education spending over the next decade. Panel Democrats objected to multiple portions of the bill...
