Pentagon won’t say if troop deployment tempo exceeds recommended goalThe Pentagon says its data on whether troops are getting three months home for every month deployed is classified.6 months ago
Services were slow to process COVID vaccine exemptions, watchdog findsA Pentagon evaluation found some services taking too long to process COVID vaccine exemption paperwork.6 months ago
About a third of service members have taken the COVID-19 vaccineNumbers show the Navy has the highest vaccination rate, the Army the lowest.
The military’s inspector general system must be reformed, former DoD IG says The inspector general system needs to be professionalized, Gordon Heddell told lawmakers.
Afghanistan withdrawal plan could involve small troop surgeThere may be more troops in Afghanistan this summer, as the drawdown gets underway.
Afghanistan war cost more than $2T and 240,000 lives, report findsThe figures include half-a-trillion dollars on interest.
There may not have been Russian bounties on US troops in Afghanistan after allAn administration official expressed "low to moderate" confidence in reports from 2020.
SECDEF hints at lingering US involvement with Afghanistan after withdrawalTroops will be out by Sept. 11, but there are talks of continuing to fund Afghan forces.
Fort Sill sexual assault case stirs up the worst kind of deja vuLeaders preying on the military's most vulnerable members is a recurring problem in the struggle against military sexual assault.
Vaccinations for overseas troops in jeopardy as DoD halts Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 shotsThe Pentagon did not say how the pause would affect its vaccine program or when it might lift.
A DoD definition of domestic extremism is on its wayA working group will take on the next steps in the Pentagon's push to root out extremist ideology.
Pentagon touts vaccine success, but details are hard to pin down The department is on its way to three million vaccines administered.