Defense Department Secretary Lloyd Austin denied a request sent by the Oklahoma governor to exempt members of the state's National Guard from the COVID vaccine mandate.
Defense Department Secretary Lloyd Austin has released a new memo urging Pentagon employees to report cases of Havana Syndrome, including the department's contractors.
President Joe Biden has signed numerous executive orders on his first day in office, including an order stopping the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall. The Defense Department said Thursday it would pause construction as it reviews Biden's order.
The Pentagon hopes to identify the remains of almost 400 sailors and Marines who died aboard the USS Oklahoma after it was sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. They believe advances in DNA identification will facilitate the process.
Among the many ads aired during Super Bowl 49 Sunday evening, one stuck out. One of the largest military contractors in the country, Northrop Grumman, aired a brief ad in which it hinted at a new mystery aircraft that could be joining the U.S. Air Force’s ranks in the future.
Earlier this week declassified documents from the National Security Archive were released and revealed an incident back in 1961 that could have resulted in the decimation of a North Carolina town.
Opening up a daylong summit at the White House on Thursday regarding youth concussions in sports, President Barack Obama said more research should be done into the topic to find the long-term impacts it has on the nation's youth.
On Friday, new Boy Scouts of America president Robert Gates said he would have allowed openly gay adults to take leadership roles within the organization last year.
Like many would suspect, or at least hope, the Pentagon and the U.S. government have emergency responses already planned out for natural disasters and attacks on the home front.
