In 1949 the U.S. War Department changed its name. Branches of the armed forces were then administered under the new name Department of Defence. This newly defined mandate of defending the United States should have been a relatively easy and inexpensive task.

Admiral Alvin Holsey has told lawmakers he is quitting his post two years early for personal reasons, dismissing reports of tensions with the secretary

The Navy’s Constellation-class frigate was supposed to be the cheap, proven ship that fixed U.S. procurement dysfunction. -Instead, delays and cost overruns gutted the program, leaving only two hulls limping toward completion.

The 10,000 U.S. troops now operating in the Caribbean were sent to interdict drug boats. But Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's Sept. 30 state of external emergency fundamentally changed what they're facing: a military on full wartime alert, equipped ...

Mexico rejects use of American military forces within borders Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is adamant the U.S. will not use military force in Mexico in its crackdown on drug cartels. August 9, 2025

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Soldiers from the District of Columbia National Guard; Jamaica Defence Force, or JDF; Jamaica National Reserve; and Barbados Defence Force Reserves recently participated in the Caribbean Regional Training Camp 2025, a joint exercise ...

The United States stands at a moment of strategic reckoning. Its military-industrial base—once the envy of the world—is now under serious strain. Costs are rising, suppliers are vanishing, and the defense workforce is aging faster than it is being ...

On Sept. 30, 2025, at Marine Corps Base Quantico, President Donald Trump told hundreds of military officials that American cities should serve as “training grounds” for U.S. troops, a proposal that would test longstanding civil-military boundaries and ...

The U.S. military said on Sunday that it recently destroyed 15 sites containing Islamic State weapons caches in southern Syria.

The American Friends of our Armed Forces (AFAF) hosted its 17th Annual Military Appreciation Golf Tournament on Monday, honoring around 75 active-duty Marines from Twentynine Palms, Camp Pendleton, and Miramar.