Few Washington policy makers truly understand how the Pentagon develops and acquires weapon systems, and they tend to throw barbs at the Defense Department based on innuendo rather than hard…
The 74th anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor will be commemorated Monday with ceremonies, a parade and a host of other events from Washington, D.C., to the site of…
The transformation of the military retirement benefit that is likely to become law later this year is hardly the end of the changes on the horizon for the armed forces'…
The U.S. special operations budget has been seen as one of the most stable parts of the Defense Department’s $560 billion budget in recent years. That’s because t…
(Reuters) – The Pentagon is pushing back against congressional moves to ease requirements for multiyear weapons procurements, saying it will continue to insist that such deals generate significant savings for…
NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE KINGS BAY, Ga. — The eight Ohio-class submarines berthed here are the biggest in the U.S. fleet, with steel hulls nearly 600 feet long to accommodate up to…
Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday that he expects Congress to take up the question of whether women should begin registering for the draft. "I expect them to take this up," Carter…
With the Army expected this week to identify up to 30 installations that could lose thousands of personnel, defense communities are bracing for the worst. “We’re on pins and needles,”…
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has released a new National Military Strategy, the first update to that document since 2011 — one that warns the threat of major war with another…