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Pentagon names new press secretary
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder will be the department's next press secretary.
By Joe Gould
Navy corrects record on its erroneous news story garnering former sailor harassing messages
Months after leaving service, an erroneous Navy media release still causing headaches for former sailor.
By Howard Altman
Trump, top officials defend response to Russia bounty threat
Criticized for inaction, President Donald Trump and top officials on Wednesday stepped up their defense of the administration’s response to intelligence assessments that Russia offered bounties for killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
Esper: Pentagon ready for any new wave of coronavirus
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has stressed that the military cannot expect to resume business as usual any time soon.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
An outbreak on a Navy warship — and an ominous sign of a readiness crisis
A growing list of Navy warships are sidelined because crews are reporting COVID-19 outbreaks.
By David B. Larter
Review: SEAL veteran Mark Devine’s leadership book
“Staring Down the Wolf: 7 Leadership Commitments That Forge Elite Teams” is published by St. Martin’s Press.
Was Iwo Jima worth the cost?
After a staggering loss of life on the island, American military leaders scrambled to justify the invasion
By Robert S. Burrell, MHQ — The Quarterly Journal of Military History
Anchors Aweigh! Historic warship heads to Florida museum
Marine surveyors and members of the Coast Guard have visited the ship to prepare for repairs.
By Kathleen Hilliard, The American Press
Judge OKs limited release of Pentagon Papers case records
The government must release some documents that will shed light on two grand juries that sat in Boston nearly 50 years ago to investigate the leak of the Pentagon Papers, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Poll: Many in US support Trump decision to kill Iran general
A new poll shows Americans are more likely than not to support President Donald Trump’s decision to order a drone strike that killed an Iranian general, even amid widespread skepticism about his foreign policy overall.
Marine vet wants ‘Veteran’ capitalized — it’s ‘a title and we earned it’
We now have the Associated Press style guide hero we never knew we needed.
By Jon Simkins