Officials Still Working on New Strategy for Afghanistan: Mattis Top aides have told various news outlets that roughly 3,500 to 5,000 additional U.S. troops are needed in Afghanistan.
Pentagon to Release Decision on Transgender Troops by February A decision on the fate of currently serving transgender service members will be issued by late February.
Mattis to Trump: Beer, Cigarettes Work Better Than Waterboarding Retired Gen. James Mattis told Donald Trump that giving beer and cigarettes to terror suspects works better than...
President Trump: 'The Work Begins' While attending an inaugural ball, the new commander-in-chief spoke -- via video -- to troops deployed in Afghanistan.
The Most Talked About Stories This Week on Military.com Here are the stories generating the most comments this week on Military.com, along with a sampling of responses.
Mattis: Trump Empowered Commanders to 'Annihilate ISIS' The president has "delegated authority to aggressively and in a timely manner move against enemy vulnerabilities," Mattis...
Mattis Close to Recommending New Choice for Army Secretary Robert M. Speer, a former assistant secretary of the Army for financial management, has been serving as acting Army secretary...
Mattis Says Diplomacy Best Course Against North Korea Defense Secretary Mattis said patient diplomacy rather than military action is the solution to the North Korean crisis.
Mattis Pick Could See Senate Clash on Women in Combat, PTSD President-elect Donald Trump might not get the quick approval he wished for if he chooses James Mattis as defense secretary.
Mattis Arrives at Pentagon as Defense Secretary Retired Marine Gen. James Mattis arrived at the Pentagon Saturday for the first time as the new secretary of defense.
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-40-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...
