Department of Defense

A general officer familiar to many in the National Guard will soon become the highest-ranking member of the U.S. armed forces. President Donald Trump...

A new bill in the Senate would eliminate the Pentagon’s planned Post-9/11 GI Bill transfer restrictions and even allow some who have left the military...

Defense Secretary James N. Mattis did not mince words in explaining how the Nov. 20 White House memo expanding the authorities of federal troops at...

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson believes a second maintenance shift for Air National Guard wings would help raise aircraft mission-capable rates...

Soldiers will soon be wearing the uniform worn by America's “Greatest Generation.” But not real soon. The Army announced Sunday on its website that it...

The Defense Department faced questions from reporters Monday as to why it sent only active-component forces to the border last week instead of more...

Defense Secretary James N. Mattis shared the logic behind the new National Defense Strategy during a discussion last week at the United States...

The military wants to know the general health-related behaviors of its members—including diet, exercise, sleep habits, alcohol and tobacco use, and...

The growth in the defense spending may soon end. Last week, President Donald Trump directed Pentagon officials to develop a fiscal 2020 defense budget...

The Defense Department is sending more than 5,000 active-component troops to the Southwest border at the request of the Department of Homeland...

There has been a cyber breach of Defense Department travel records that compromised the personal information and credit card data of thousands of U.S...

In light of confirmed election interference from outside sources in 2016, states have called on the Guard to add security to their cyber...