Trump nominates Marine to be Navy’s new head lawyer
Maj. Gen. David Bligh would be the second Marine in the Navy's history to serve as the Navy JAG.
By Riley Ceder
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Hegseth returns to Capitol Hill to defend Trump’s defense budget plan
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of June 8, 2025.
The case against Gen. John Hyten
Gen. John Hyten, nominated to become vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (VCJCS), sexually assaulted me multiple times between January and December, 2017.
By Col. Kathryn Spletstoser
Russia reveals radiation details
The Aug. 8 explosion at the Russian navy's range in Nyonoksa on the White Sea killed two servicemen and five nuclear engineers and injured six others.
Work begins on Syria safe zone to separate Turkey and US-allied Kurdish forces
Turkey’s defense minister said Saturday that military officials from Turkey and the United States have begun work to create a “safe zone” along its border in northeastern Syria.
Russian doctor has trace of radiation after explosion
Russian officials' changing and contradictory accounts of the incident drew comparisons to Soviet attempts to cover up the 1986 explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the world's worst nuclear disaster.
Top US Marine acknowledges worries on Japan-Korean ties
Gen. David Berger, the new U.S. Marines commandant, acknowledged Wednesday that he is concerned about deteriorating relations between Japan and South Korea, both key regional allies, but expressed hopes politicians would work out a resolution.
McCain’s family fights to define legacy of civility, service
A year after McCain's death from brain cancer, the library is one way his family members are fighting to shape how the world remembers the Vietnam War hero and veteran senator and to prevent President Donald Trump from doing it for them.
US says airstrike in Somalia kills al-Shabaab militant
The U.S. military says it has conducted an airstrike targeting an al-Shabaab militant in the vicinity of Qunyo Barrow, Somalia, killing a militant.
New head of AFRICOM visits Somalia as pressure on al-Shabab increases
Townsend met with the Somali prime minister, and with the U.S. forces training Somali units fighting the violent terrorist group Al Shabab.
The CNO and JCS vice chair nominee: What General Hyten should learn from Bill Moran
The situation facing Air Force Gen. John Hyten is much more serious than what Adm. Bill Moran was accused of before Moran abruptly announced his retirement, says the author of this commentary.
By Larry Korb