The U.S. military’s recruiting troubles came just as it was attempting a fundamental shift in its mission. For decades, the ...

To counter risk from adversaries like Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and proxies such as the Houthis and Hamas, we maintain the Department of Defense. The DOD includes the Joint Chiefs of Staff, ...

Greg Munroe writes, Our Senators, Daines and Sheehy know that Hegseth is comically unqualified to be Secretary of Defense and ...

Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin indicated more strikes are likely ... Yemen firing missiles into commercial shipping ...

Pete Hegseth narrowly secured enough votes on Friday to become the next U.S. defense secretary, a major victory for President ...

Hegseth's confirmation is a narrow victory for Trump and supporters who want to see a warrior and change agent lead the ...

1975 - Austin is commissioned as a second lieutenant in the US Army upon graduation from West Point. Over the next 20 years, he holds a number of leadership positions and is stationed at bases in ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a Department of Defense Commander in Chief farewell ceremony at ...

Defense Secretary Austin will bid farewell Friday following a term that included three major military crises, a global ...

Lloyd Austin, the Black man Hegseth would replace ... award for valor in combat — and that he led 152,000 troops in Iraq and the United States Central Command, or CENTCOM.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will bid farewell Friday to the forces and ... action — for leading troops from the front in the initial 2003 invasion of Iraq. He is one of the many ...