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Pentagon Says It Expects 44K Doses of Pfizer Vaccine
Department of Defense officials on Wednesday said they expect the doses to arrive as early as next week. They said they plan to administer shots within 20 to 48 hours from when the vaccine gets approval.
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5 Things to Know About Gen. Lloyd Austin
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to lead the Defense department. Here are five things to know about the former four-star officer.
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Trump Tweets He's Fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper
President Donald Trump tweeted Monday that he had terminated Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and replaced him with Christopher Miller, the current counterterrorism head.
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Long at Odds With Trump, Defense Secretary Esper Has Prepared a Resignation Letter, Say Officials
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has prepared a letter of resignation, according to three current defense officials.
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Can Blood Be Air-Dropped Into War Zones? The Gov't Is Testing That
The Department of Defense shared the preliminary results of “Operation Blood Rain,” which aims to see if blood supplies can be air dropped into war zones.
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Families Mourn 3 SoCal Marines Killed in Training Accident
As the rescue operation off the coast of San Clemente Island has given way to a recovery effort, more information about the young Marines and Navy sailor now presumed dead at sea is coming to light, including three of them from Southern California. Returning from a training mission Thursday, they were aboard aboard an amphibious assault vehicle when it...
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COVID-19 Cases Among Military Service Members on the Rise
US service members are seeing a spike in coronavirus cases, according to the latest numbers from the Department of Defense. The Assistant Defense Secretary for Health Affairs, Dr. Jonathan Woodson, said COVID-19 spikes in the military are mirroring the spikes seen among civilians in Florida, Texas, and parts of California. Military COVID-19 cases rose in June, with troops seeing a…
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Photos: US Coast Guard Offloads $37M in Cocaine in San Diego
A U.S. Coast Guard crew offloaded a whopping $37 million worth of cocaine in San Diego this week – drugs seized in zones of the Eastern Pacific Ocean notorious for narcotics trafficking activity.
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Pentagon Releases Videos of ‘Unidentified Aerial Phenomena'
The Pentagon officially declassified three videos on Monday showing “unidentified aerial phenomena.”
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Pentagon Halts All Domestic Travel for Department of Defense Employees
In response to the global coronavirus pandemic, the Pentagon is imposing new travel restrictions on employees, including service members and their families, NBC News reports.
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Department of Defense Communications Hub Reports Likely Data Breach
The branch of the U.S. military that oversees information technology and communications has suffered a potential breach of service members’ personal information, NBC News reported.
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US to Seek More Help From NATO to Counter ISIS
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper says he is looking to NATO allies for more help countering the Islamic State extremist group in Iraq and in bolstering U.S. defense efforts in the Middle East
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