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Defense budget debate devolves into fight over Hegseth’s controversies

Objections over Republican plans to boost defense spending by $150 billion focused largely on the defense secretary's leadership.

Hegseth cancels women’s leadership program despite past Trump support

The Women, Peace & Security program was signed into law by Trump and had received backing from numerous Republican leaders.

Commissary director sees opportunity for stores amid DOD upheaval

'We're going to be more like a commercial grocery chain than ever before," John Hall, director of the Defense Commissary Agency, said.

House lawmakers expected to debate defense funding boosts this week

Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of April 28, 2025.

Nationwide doorstep delivery getting closer for commissary customers

Commissary customers want and need the delivery service, officials said.

Opinion

To bootstrap US maritime industrial base, link allies and innovators

As officials consider the wholesale resuscitation of U.S. shipbuilding, there is a nearer-term lever worth pulling, the author of this op-ed argues.

Opinion

250 years later, legacy of North Bridge lives on in the National Guard

When the “shot heard ‘round the world” rang out, it launched a legacy carried on in today’s National Guard, Gen. Steve Nordhaus writes in this commentary.

DOD stops offering rape kits to most overseas civilian workers

DOD civilian workers and contractors overseas who are ineligible for the Military Health System will no longer be provided sexual assault forensic exams.

Why the bar scene in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is more than just nostalgia

The bar scene, while nostalgic, functions as a crucial pivot point that sets up character arcs, thematic depth and emotional stakes.

Students sue Defense Department over book bans in military schools

The case involves 12 students from six families who attend military-run schools in Virginia, Kentucky, Italy and Japan.