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Trump fires service academy boards that oversee morale, academics
President Trump claimed the boards of visitors at four U.S. service academies had been “infiltrated by woke leftist ideologies.”
Defense Department pauses plan to give COVID-19 vaccine to Guantanamo prisoners
The U.S. military announced earlier this month that it planned to offer the vaccine to prisoners as it vaccinated all personnel at the detention center.
Odd couple: How a Republican senator and Biden’s defense secretary became friends downrange
Cross-party relationships may make the difference for the Biden administration as it looks to work across the aisle.
By Joe Gould
Navy delays resuming physical fitness assessments — again
Rather than restart in March, the Navy is now planning to complete one PFA cycle in 2021 starting in July.
By Diana Stancy
Excerpt from ‘Call Me Commander’ by Jeff Testerman and Daniel M. Freed
"Call Me Commander" shows how reporters revealed the U.S. Navy Veterans Association was a scam, and uncovered how the man who operated it was a Harvard Law School graduate and former U.S. Army intelligence officer who had been wanted since the 1980s.
By Jeff Testerman and Daniel Freed
Guard response not to blame for deadly Capitol riot, former Army secretary testifies
Ryan McCarthy told lawmakers the Defense Department had no intelligence indicating a violent attack on Congress.
Congress approves waiver for Biden’s pick for defense secretary
President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Pentagon took a major step closer to confirmation on Thursday, after House and Senate lawmakers voted to waive a rule blocking the recently retired general from assuming the post.
Roth takes over as acting Air Force secretary
Former Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett received the traditional farewell clap-out for departing Pentagon officials on Tuesday.
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, a strong proponent of modernization, steps down
McCarthy’s tenure was marked by ambitious modernization initiatives, but civil unrest requiring Guard mobilizations and trouble at Army posts was never far away.
By Kyle Rempfer
Here’s why Biden’s first defense secretary may be a Trump appointee
President-elect Joe Biden’s first defense secretary may turn out to be President Donald Trump’s last deputy defense secretary, at least for a several days.
By Joe Gould