Navy Failed to Protect Pilots From Brain Injury, House Report Says
A scathing report issued by the House Oversight Committee blamed the Navy for repeatedly failing to act, and recommended that Congress pass legislation to study and...
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A Place Where Memories of the 9/11 Victims Have Faded Away
Relatives who traveled to the U.S. Navy base in Guantánamo Bay left memory stones and messages for those killed in the attacks 25 years ago.
The Battle to Save General Donahue From Hegseth’s Army Purge
Gen. Christopher T. Donahue’s vision for fighting future wars won him powerful supporters around the world. Could they save his career?
U.S. Military Sinks Boats Said to Aid Drug Smuggling Near Ecuador
Unlike dozens of similar strikes, no one was killed after people suspected of drug smuggling were removed from what the U.S. military described as a floating...
What the War in Iran Has Cost One Gold Star Family
⚡ Key Highlights & Quick Takeaways Tyler James Feehan, who was 25, had been deployed to an air base in Jordan when enemy missiles and drones...
In Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members
About 50 people were tested, an unparalleled inquiry that comes in the wake of news reports about the war with Iran and the U.S. military’s diminished...
Judge Will Not Block Pentagon Move to Fire Stars and Stripes Journalists
A judge appeared skeptical of the journalists’ arguments that they were fired for coverage of worsening conditions on a Navy warship.
Pentagon Agreement With N.I.H. on Biodefense Draws Alarm From Democrats
⚡ Key Highlights & Quick Takeaways Under a new partnership, the Defense Department would play a larger role in biodefense and pandemic preparedness. Democrats warned it...
Trump Taps Army Engineering Official as Acting Secretary
⚡ Key Highlights & Quick Takeaways The move came days after the resignation of Daniel P. Driscoll, who had clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over...
Slava Veder, Whose Camera Captured a Defining Vietnam Homecoming, Dies at 99
His Pulitzer-winning photograph, “Burst of Joy,” documented an Air Force pilot’s reunion with his family after five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.