Over the last week, Hegseth has fired two handpicked aides and longtime friends, ostensibly over a leaks investigation, which ...

C ivil-military relations in the United States have been in turmoil ever since President Donald Trump began his second term.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, told cadets at West Point, “And these extraordinary patriots demand extraordinary leadership.” Our president, appointed Joint Chiefs of Staff ...

A month of total chaos at the Department of Defense is becoming a major distraction for the Trump administration, writes .

"South Korean military has increased surveillance and maintaining readiness posture in close cooperation with the U.S.," South Korea's Joint Chiefs said on Monday ... Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin used a speech at West Point ... Mark Milley, who was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, resisted those plans, including issuing a memo that stressed that every ...

CQ Brown, who was the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff until Pete Hegseth ... and the disappearance of Hegseth's predecessor, Lloyd Austin, while he was undergoing surgery.

More than half a decade after the pandemic began, key information on COVID-19's origins continues to dribble out of the U.S. government — almost exclusively pointing to a Wuhan lab leak.

often tumultuous years as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Gen. Mark Milley held a news briefing on Thursday as NATO defense ministers gather to discuss ...

The NATO Military Committee, composed of military chiefs from all 32 members, holds a similar role to the joint chiefs of ... by former Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin until Hegseth handed the reins ...

The 44-year-old scraped the US military's top job, only getting in on the vice president's 51-50 tie-breaking vote in Senate.