Defense
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The FBI says a shooting at a Texas naval air station that wounded a sailor and left the gunman dead is being investigated as “terrorism-related.”
May 21, 2020 -
The top Navy officer has recommended that Capt. Brett Crozier be returned to his ship
April 25, 2020 -
The acting Navy secretary, Thomas Modly, has resigned after having upbraided the former captain of the coronavirus-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt
April 07, 2020 -
Defense Secretary Mark Esper is defending the firing of a Navy captain who sought help for sailors on his aircraft carrier amid a growing coronavirus outbreak as a case of holding leaders “accountable.”
April 05, 2020 -
The captain of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier facing a growing coronavirus outbreak has been fired
April 03, 2020 -
U.S. Navy officials say nearly 3,000 sailors aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier where the coronavirus has spread will be taken off the ship by Friday as military leaders struggle to quarantine crew members in the face of an outbreak
April 02, 2020 -
The Trump administration says it's replacing the acting chief of the National Counterterrorism Center
March 19, 2020 -
The Pentagon's role in responding to the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. is rapidly expanding, with the likely deployment of Navy hospital ships and Army field hospitals
March 18, 2020 -
The Justice Department said a linguist working for the U.S. military kept a list of secret informants hidden her mattress and has been charged with sharing the names with a romantic interest linked to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
March 04, 2020 -
The U.S. Navy wants to create a naval community college to provide associate's degrees to tens of thousands of young sailors and Marines at no cost to them.
March 02, 2020 -
The Transportation Security Administration said it won't allow employees to use the China-owned video app TikTok to create social media posts for the agency after the Senate’s top Democrat raised concerns about potential national security issues.
February 23, 2020 -
President Trump has ousted the Pentagon’s top policy official who certified last year that Ukraine had made enough anti-corruption progress to justify the Trump administration’s release of congressionally authorized aid to Kyiv in its conflict against Russian-backed separatists.
February 19, 2020 -
The Trump administration is waiving federal contracting laws to speed construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall, moving the president closer to fulfilling a signature campaign promise in an election year but sparking criticism about potential for fraud, waste and abuse
February 18, 2020 -
A comprehensive review of the military's special operations forces has concluded that episodic misconduct and ethical lapses stem from excessive focus on “mission accomplishment” at the expense of proper training and leadership
January 28, 2020 -
A victim advocate for a large U.S. Army Reserve command has accused commanders of mishandling sexual assault cases and retaliating against at least one victim.
January 10, 2020