At Ramstein, Pentagon chief Austin departs Ukraine group he founded
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — Dozens of uniformed officials looked to the head table Thursday morning at the dimly lit officer’s club here. They were staring at Lloyd Austin, America’s secretary of defense, the man who brought them all together. But as the day began,...
US troops need to stay in Syria to counter ISIS, Pentagon chief says
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — The U.S. needs to keep troops deployed in Syria to prevent the Islamic State group from reconstituting as a major threat following the ouster of Bashar Assad’s government, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told The Associated Press. American forces are still...
The Pentagon finessed its pivot to Asia. Can it last during Trump?
MANILA, Philippines — In late July 2021, as Lloyd Austin arrived at Malacañan Palace, the grand presidential estate in the heart of Manila, his team feared a catastrophe. America’s new defense secretary was here to see Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippines’ combative president, famous for once...
Sailor charged in fentanyl overdose death aboard USS Abraham Lincoln
A U.S. Navy sailor has been charged in federal court with distributing fentanyl that led to the overdose death of a fellow sailor stationed aboard the carrier Abraham Lincoln in 2023, according to court documents. Bailey Szramowski is accused of knowingly distributing Percocet pills tainted...
Navy shipbuilding plan would cost $1 trillion over the next 30 years
For the U.S. Navy to achieve a proposed plan to expand its fleet of battle force ships, the service would need to spend $40.1 billion on shipbuilding every year through 2054, for a total of more than $1 trillion, according to new analysis from the...
Hundreds of veterans to descend on DC to march in support of Pete Hegseth’s confirmation
FIRST ON FOX: Two former Navy SEALs are planning to bring hundreds of veterans to Washington, D.C., next week to march in support of Pete Hegseth’s confirmation for defense secretary. Hegseth, a former Army National Guardsman, will take the hot seat before the Armed Services...
College students charged in ‘Catch a Predator’ style ambush on soldier
Six Massachusetts college students are accused of assaulting an active-duty soldier who they falsely described as a sexual predator after luring the man to campus via a dating app as part of a TikTok trend inspired by the TV show “To Catch a Predator.” The...
Slain Marine’s family ‘let down’ by killer’s 8-year sentence
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect Lance Cpl. Austin Schwenk’s military awards. “He was born at the same hospital he was pronounced dead.” Robert Schwenk Jr., remembering his son, reflected on his birth and death, both of which occurred at Marine Corps...
Army doctor pleads guilty to sexually abusing dozens of soldiers
An Army anesthesiologist pleaded guilty Tuesday to 41 charges of sexual misconduct involving dozens of patients at a Washington military medical facility in one of the largest sexual abuse investigations in the service’s history. Maj. Michael Stockin faces a potential sentence of nearly 14 years...
