Department of Defense

Housing has long been a major benefit for service members, a subsidy to salaries that trail the private sector. But, amid record-breaking spikes in rent, service members and housing activists say the Department of Defense has neglected its commitment to help military families find affordable homes.

President Joe Biden invoked the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to use Department of Defense funds to help Ukraine forces fight Russia.

On the surface, Hawaii’s waters are perfectly calm. Waves lap at the surface, children waddle about. While many flock to the islands as an idyllic getaway, Hawaiian residents cannot escape the water contamination crisis the U.S. Navy has caused — threatening the drinking water supply of over 400,000 residents. Sam Ikehara viscerally remembers what it was like hearing that hundreds of...

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 riot has spoken to former Attorney General William Barr, committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. said Sunday.

Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper claims in a lawsuit against the Defense Department that material is being improperly withheld from his use as he seeks to publish an “unvarnished and candid memoir” of his time in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet

Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, said Monday the U.S. had completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, marking an end to the longest war in American history.
“The last manned aircraft is now clearing the airspace above Afghanistan,” McKenzie said.

The Department of Defense has directed all individuals to wear masks when they are indoors at DOD installations located in parts of the country that have ‘substantial or high community transmission.’

An internal audit says the Defense Department has dragged its feet on protecting service members from toxic firefighting foam containing PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances

The Illinois native most recently served as Secretary of Defense under President George W. Bush

The highly anticipated intelligence report released by the Department of Defense on Friday said it did not have sufficient data on “unidentified aerial phenomena” spotted from 2004 to 2021.

The nation’s top general says he is now open to considering a proposal to take decisions on sexual assault prosecution out of the hands of military commanders

An off-duty Pentagon police officer charged with murder in the shootings of two men outside a Maryland condominium building is facing separate assault charges stemming from an earlier incident at the same complex. Takoma Park Police Department detectives obtained video that shows David Hall Dixon assaulting a woman with a gun at Takoma Overlook Condominiums on May 6, 2020, the…

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has made his first visit to Afghanistan as Pentagon chief, and he says the Biden administration wants to see “a responsible end” to America’s longest war

The inspector general for the Department of Defense is investigating the Trump administration’s last-minute decision to relocate U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama

Department of Defense officials on Wednesday said they expect the doses to arrive as early as next week. They said they plan to administer shots within 20 to 48 hours from when the vaccine gets approval.

President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to lead the Defense department. Here are five things to know about the former four-star officer.

President Donald Trump tweeted Monday that he had terminated Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and replaced him with Christopher Miller, the current counterterrorism head.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper has prepared a letter of resignation, according to three current defense officials.

The Department of Defense shared the preliminary results of “Operation Blood Rain,” which aims to see if blood supplies can be air dropped into war zones.

The Pentagon officially declassified three videos on Monday showing “unidentified aerial phenomena.”