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For nearly 75 years, the United States has held the position of NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), a role first occupied by World War II hero and future president Dwight D. Eisenhower. However, the Pentagon is now considering relinquishing this powerful post as part of a broader military restructuring …

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that another round of active-duty troops will head to the U.S.-Mexico border in the coming weeks at the behest of President Donald Trump. Despite encounters at the southern border being the lowest in recent years, an additional 3,000 troops will aid immigration officials, Hegseth …

The U.S. military has been given 30 days to determine how to identify and remove transgender service members from its ranks, following a new directive from the Pentagon. The order expands on President Donald Trump’s earlier ban on transgender individuals serving in the military and has already sparked legal challenges. …

The Pentagon on Friday confirmed that the U.S. military shot down an unidentified “object” tens of thousands of feet over Alaska, less than a week after an F-22 fighter jet downed a Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic. John Kirby, the coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council, …

Dwight Stirling, The Conversation Less than a month after the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin took the extraordinary step of pausing all operations for 24 hours to “address extremism in the ranks.” Pentagon officials had been shaken by service members’ prominent role …

by Jennifer Shutt, Idaho Capital Sun Democrats in Congress are pushing to increase access to abortion for members of the military, concerned the U.S. Supreme Court decision ending the constitutional right will harm troops.  The U.S. House’s annual funding bill for the Defense Department would require the Pentagon to provide …

The Pentagon has accused Russia of planning an elaborate hoax as a pretext to invade Ukraine. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Washington has credible intelligence about an elaborate Russian plot amid heightened tensions. “We believe that Russia would produce a very graphic propaganda video, which would include corpses and actors that …

The Pentagon said that the United States has offered to pay an undisclosed amount to families of 10 Afghan civilians, including seven children, killed in a mistaken drone strike in August. “Condolence payments” will go to families of 10 Afghan civilians, including seven children, the Defense Department said in a …

President Joe Biden commemorated the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with visits to each of the three sites where hijacked planes crashed in 2001, honoring the victims of the assault. Biden began the day in New York, where he and first lady Jill Biden attended a ceremony at the …

President Joe Biden, on Saturday, warned that another terror attack at Kabul airport in Afghanistan is “highly likely in the next 24-36 hours”. The President said he vowed to “hunt down any person involved” in Thursday’s “heinous attack,” which killed 13 US troops and “make them pay.” Biden: “To those …

Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday. Government officials report at least thirteen United States soldiers and 60 Afghans are dead. Explosions went off near the airport at the Abbey gate and a short distance away by Baron hotel. Afghans, Americans, and Britons were …

A spokesperson for the Pentagon announced on Monday that the U.S. military would be issuing updated guidance to require all service members to get the COVID-19 vaccine. “We’re going to move forward making that vaccine mandatory,” Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said. “We’re preparing the guidance to the force right …

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the Civil Reserve Air Fleet to activate, requesting 18 aircraft from U.S. airlines to help in the evacuation of Afghans and Americans from Afghanistan. I've ordered @US_TRANSCOM to activate Stage I of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet. CRAF activation provides the @DeptofDefense access to …

An attack outside the Pentagon on Tuesday left a police officer dead and multiple other people injured, prompting a temporary lockdown at the Arlington, Va., building, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced. The officer, whose name has not yet been publicly released, was stabbed several times in the neck. The officer …

The first planeload of Afghan interpreters who helped American troops in combat has arrived in the United States. More than 200 Afghans, including family members of people who worked with U.S. forces, were on the first flight out of Afghanistan to Virginia, said Russ Travers, the deputy homeland security advisor …