5 Things To Start Your Week: February 19, 2018 Mattis on the "deploy-or-out" policy, the Niger ambush, AFA symposium and more.
Send Captured ISIS Fighters to Home Countries, Not Gitmo: Mattis Mattis said that allied countries of origin should take custody of ISIS foreign fighters captured in Syria.
Mattis to Fight Possible Deportation of 'Dreamers' on Active Duty Mattis said that he will fight to protect the estimated 800-900 so-called "Dreamers" currently serving.
Future Budget to Stress Lethality over Force End Strength: Mattis The next military budget will stress lethality over the size of the force.
Mattis to Meet with AfriCom Commander Ahead of Niger Ambush Report The U.S. is readying to release the potentially damning report on the Niger ambush.
Big Parade to Show Trump's 'Fondness for Military,' Mattis Says The Pentagon is working out the details on the big parade wanted by President Trump, Mattis said Wednesday.
Mattis Blasts Lawmakers for Failing to Reach Budget Deal Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said talking to Congress was a "waste of time" without a budget.
Mattis on Two-Year Budget Deal: 'We Will Spend the Money Wisely' The White House brought in Mattis to press for a budget deal that would lift caps on defense spending.
Mattis' About-Face: He Now Supports ICBMs as Part of Nuclear Triad Mattis said he was once a skeptic about maintaining ICBMs in the nuclear triad, but he has changed his mind.
Mattis: There Is No Such Thing as a 'Tactical' Nuke Defense Secretary Mattis said new low-yield nuclear weapons would be bargaining chips for arms deals.
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-Forty-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...
![Defense Secretary Mattis said he's "not going have some people deploying constantly and then other people, who seem to not pay that price, in the U.S. military."](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2018-02/jimmattis1800x1200.jpg?itok=jY_A7PaP "Defense Secretary Mattis said he's "not going have some people deploying constantly and then other people, who seem to not pay that price, in the U.S. military."")
