Defense Secretary Austin Summoned to Capitol Hill for Testimony About Secret Hospitalization If Austin agrees to testify, it could be the first public airing of his thought process since the Pentagon disclosed earlier...
Free Surgeries and Prescriptions: White House Staff Got Access to Military Health Care Despite Being Ineligible According to the report, from 2017 through 2020, the Defense Department "funded and resourced care for an average of 6 to 20"...
Defense Department Expands ID Card Renewals by Mail to US-Based Retirees, Dependents While in the past the renewed card had to be retrieved in person at a local ID card facility, it will instead be delivered by...
Pentagon Inspector General to Investigate Defense Secretary's Failure to Notify Key Officials of Hospitalization The DoD inspector general is an independent and objective agency, and its findings will be separate from those of the Office...
Austin's Secret Hospitalization Prompts Congressional Inquiry, Calls for Hearings Chairman Mike Rogers sent letters to Austin, his chief of staff and Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks demanding a stack...
Defense Secretary Austin Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer that Led to Further Hospitalization for Infection The information on Austin's ongoing medical issues was released by doctors at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in...
Inside the Pentagon's Failure to Notify the White House, Congress of Defense Secretary's Hospitalization Despite the Pentagon's explanation, it remained unclear exactly how or why Austin effectively hid a health emergency for...
New Arctic Pay for Troops Was Passed by Congress a Year Ago. But the Pentagon Waved It Off. More than a year after it was passed in the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, the Pentagon has not enacted a new...
Barracks Repairs, Other Military Quality-of-Life Improvements Slam Into Congress' Upcoming Budget Fight Efforts to replace dilapidated housing and improve service members' quality of life could be kneecapped before they can even...
Pentagon Effort on Extremism Snarled by Confusion, Guard Divisions, Gaps in Security Clearance Screening Military leaders were confused about how to define and root out extremist behavior, even as they acknowledged a stream of...
8 Legendary US Military Snipers The most notable snipers in U.S. military history aren’t just legends – they include real soldiers, sailors and Marines who...
This World War II POW Endured More Than 50 Years in Captivity When Anna Gabulya saw a television report of a POW’s return to Hungary a half-century after he served during World War II...
Pentagon Says Troops Can Only Be Exempt from Shaving Their Facial Hair for a Year Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops who need an exemption from shaving their facial hair for longer than a...
Military Veteran Says Having His Security Clearance Revoked Gave Added Incentive for Senate Run Joel Willett, a military veteran and former CIA officer, has launched his Democratic campaign for the U.S. Senate from...
Pentagon Plan Pits US Marines Against California Off-Roaders and Civilian Pilots The U.S. Marine Corps tried once to occupy this remote stretch of California desert beloved by off-roaders — but officials...
