DoD Joins Homeland, FBI in Warning of ISIS July 4th Threat Defense Secretary Ashton Carter joined warnings from other agencies of the potential for an ISIS terror attack in the U.S...
Defense Secretary Fires Top Military Assistant Due to 'Misconduct' Defense Secretary Ashton Carter removed Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Lewis as his chief military assistant over misconduct...
Carter: Pentagon to Unveil Officer Promotion Changes in Coming Months The U.S. Defense Department plans to announce potentially sweeping changes to its officer promotion system "in coming months...
Carter Expands High-Tech Project While Shaking up Leadership The Pentagon will expand its outreach to private high-tech expertise while shaking up the leadership of the DIUx.
Military Tattoo Policies May Thwart Potential Recruits: Carter Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said he is concerned the current tattoo policies are turning away otherwise good recruits.
Carter Makes Last Pitch to Keep Combat Jobs Open to Women Defense Secretary Ashton Carter made the case for retaining the current policy in the military that opens up all jobs to...
Dempsey: Risk Will be Part of Any Strategy Against ISIL In the fight against ISIL, there are risks if exercising patience, or in taking action, said the chairman of the Joint Chiefs...
LIVE STREAM: Carter Announces Overhaul to Personnel Programs Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announces the first phase of personnel reforms in his Force of the Future initiative.
Partner Forces Closing in on Raqqa and Mosul: Carter Raqqa in Syria and Mosul in Iraq -- the two main ISIS strongholds -- are under increasing pressure from U.S.-backed forces...
Carter Shares Commitments that Guide Him with Air Force Academy Cadets Defense Secretary Ash Carter shared four commitments that guide him and asked cadets of the U.S. Air Force Academy to adapt...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
