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May 10, 2025
It is the broadest and most detailed directive so far on Hegseth’s campaign to rid the military of diversity and equity programs,
October 10, 2022
The Pentagon seeks to address mental health in its military ranks amid spiraling suicide rates among service members.
September 5, 2022
The family of Army 2nd Lieutenant Richard Collins III who was slain by a white supremacist in 2017 is seeking…
September 18, 2021
Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie said Friday that as many as 10 civilians, including seven children, were tragically killed in the…
August 3, 2021
An officer died after being stabbed Tuesday during a burst of violence at a transit station outside the Pentagon, officials…
April 30, 2021
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said probing the attacks near the Ellipse south of the White House is "critically…
April 27, 2021
It's the latest government review to identify employees with extremist views, particularly after the Jan. 6 insurrection on Capitol Hill.
April 9, 2021
Officer David Hall Dixon was off-duty in Maryland when he fired his weapon at two individuals and killed them.
February 3, 2021
Jason Smedley remembers the pain of his 2000 attack by lower-ranking Marines during a training exercise he led as a…
January 23, 2021
The Pentagon can't keep America safe from enemies 'if some of those enemies lie within our own ranks,' Defense Secretary…
January 22, 2021
Lloyd J. Austin, a West Point graduate, won Senate confirmation Friday to become the nation’s first Black secretary of defense.
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January 21, 2021
The Democratic-controlled House passed legislation required to confirm retired Gen. Lloyd Austin as Joe Biden’s secretary of defense.
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December 21, 2020
As President-elect Gen. Lloyd Austin faces a challenge to be confirmed, the NAACP and other Black organizations are throwing their…
December 13, 2020
Retired Army Col. Douglas Macgregor, Trump's nominee to West Point's advisory board, has spread conspiracy theories and denigrated refugees.
December 10, 2020
In a letter provided to theGrio, Tuskegee Airmen Inc. expressed their support for Biden's defense secretary nominee Gen. Lloyd Austin.
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December 9, 2020
White House gave nine members of the Defense Business Board the boot and now one Defense Business Board member has…
December 9, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden made his case for retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin to be secretary of defense, urging Congress to…
November 28, 2020
If picked and confirmed by the Senate, Gen. Lloyd Austin would be the first African American to lead the Pentagon.
November 16, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to take a historic step and select a woman to head the Pentagon for the…
November 10, 2020
Pentagon official Anthony Tata, who called President Barack Obama a "terrorist leader" is now running the department's policy.