Fair winds, INDOPACOM: Pentagon returns command name to US Pacific Command
U.S. Pacific Command was the formation's official name until 2018, when it was changed to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
By J.D. Simkins
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Veterans face higher hurdles in military sexual trauma claims, report finds
Veterans filing disability claims for military sexual assault or harassment face barriers to receiving compensation for their service-connected conditions.
By Patricia Kime
Mattis foresees ‘re-energized’ fight against ISIS in Syria
The U.S.-led coalition is about to accelerate its fight against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Pentagon chief calls sexual assault a cancer in military
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has ordered all members of the Defense Department to re-double their efforts to aggressively work to prevent and respond to sexual assaults across the military.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Military sex assault reports jump 10 percent
The online nude-photo sharing scandal last year led to greater awareness of sexual assault in the military.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Commentary: Congress must act to rein in DoD waste, red tape
The head of the House Armed Services Committee on his plan to reform a 'slow, cumbersome bureaucracy.'
By Rep. Mac Thornberry
Senate postpones confirmation hearing for VA secretary nominee, casting doubt over his future
The delay comes amid reports of problems with the background checks of White House physician Ronny Jackson, and may imperil his nomination.
Rape charges dropped against former MTI in Lackland scandal
The Air Force on Monday dropped rape charges against a former military training instructor, whose convictions were overturned last year.
Key Democrat fighting plan to slash Pentagon agencies
The House Armed Services Committee’s top Democrat is pushing back on a proposal to shutter seven Pentagon support agencies and slash 25 percent from the budgets of most of the others.
By Joe Gould
Major bill aims to slash Pentagon bureaucracy
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee has targeted most Pentagon support agencies for a 25 percent cut, proposing seven be shuttered entirely.
By Joe Gould
US to hit Russia with new sanctions for aiding Syria’s Assad
President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his use of the phrase “Mission Accomplished” to describe a U.S.-led missile attack on Syria’s chemical weapons program, even as his aides stressed continuing U.S. troop involvement and plans for new economic sanctions against Russia for enabling the government of Bashar Assad.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
The Pentagon is asking for 3 times as many drones for 2019
A new report from the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard University found the Department of Defense is asking for three times as many drones for 2019 as it did in 2018.
By Kelsey D. Atherton