1 day ago · Pursuant to the authority of secretary of defense, Title 10 United States Code Section 113, I direct the Army to change the name of Fort Liberty, N.C., to Fort Bragg, N.C.,” he said in the video ...

This is a list of current defence ministers of the 193 United Nations member states, Holy See (Vatican City) and the State of Palestine. Defence ministers of sovereign countries with limited recognition are included in a separate table.

Nov 13, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump has stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be defense secretary.

1 day ago · From left, Germany's Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Britian's Chief of Defense Admiral Sir Tony Radakin attend a meeting of the Ukraine ...

1 day ago · US troops will not be used to secure the peace in Ukraine following any ceasefire deal with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump's new defence secretary has declared, as he signalled a dramatic shift in ...

The United States secretary of defense (acronym: SecDef) is the head of the United States Department of Defense (DoD), the executive department of the U.S. Armed Forces, and is a high-ranking member of the federal cabinet.

6 days ago · The Honorable Pete Hegseth is the 29th secretary of defense, sworn in on Jan. 25, 2025. A graduate of Princeton University in 2003, Hegseth was commissioned as an infantry officer in the...

The secretary of defense is the highest ranking leader in the department and serves as the principal advisor to the president, the commander in chief of the armed forces, on defense policy....

Oct 15, 2024 · Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III will travel to Brussels, Belgium, from October 16-18, 2024, to participate in a series of multilateral meetings, including the NATO Defense...

A few elements of the Meeting of NATO Defence Ministers will be accessible only to a pool of visual journalists. Details on pooled events and distribution of pool cards will be available in the media programme, a few days before the event. If you accept a NATO pool position, you must share immediately all information and material collected ...