European Security - The United States is demonstrating to NATO allies and the world its continued commitment to peace, security and stability in Europe.
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 5, 2019 News Release Release No: NR-002-19 Rear Admiral Kevin Sweeney, USN (Ret.), has stepped down as Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense. He has served in this role since January 2017. "After two years in the Pentagon, …
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 5, 2019 News Release Release No: NR-003-19 “It is with deep sadness that I extend my condolences on the passing of former Secretary of Defense Harold Brown. Dr. Brown led a remarkable life, first as an academic and scientist, and …
WASHINGTON -- Harold Brown, the 14th secretary of defense and the first scientist to hold the position, died Jan. 4 at his home in Ranch Santa Fe, California. He was 91. Leading the Defense Department from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter, Brown …
WASHINGTON -- Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan will use the National Defense Strategy as his blueprint moving forward, Pentagon officials said. Shanahan took over for James N. Mattis on Jan. 1. The acting secretary had served as the deputy …
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Under the direction of President Trump, the Department of Defense remains focused on safeguarding our nation. We have deep respect for Secretary Mattis’ lifetime of service, and it has been a privilege to serve as his deputy secretary. …
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany -- It’s a hyperconnected world, where cyberspace provides critical support for the world’s economy, civil infrastructure, public safety and national security. But it’s also where cyberattacks loom as large as the …
WASHINGTON -- Navy Undersecretary Thomas B. Modly has returned from a trip to Europe in which he visited vastly different countries facing different challenges, but with the same feeling about their alliance with the United States. Norway and Romania are …
WASHINGTON -- National Security Advisor John Bolton today unveiled the Trump administration’s Africa strategy designed to counter Chinese influence on the continent and push African nations to show some results from the aid they receive from the United …
WASHINGTON -- Analysts at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency may spend as much as half their time poring over satellite imagery of activities they're already familiar with, taking place in locations where everybody is already looking. Their …
European Security - The United States is demonstrating to NATO allies and the world its continued commitment to peace, security and stability in Europe.
WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department is looking to step up its development of hypersonic weapons — missiles that travel more than five times faster than the speed of sound — DOD leaders said at the National Defense Industrial Association-sponsored “ …
WASHINGTON -- Defense Department and Office of Personnel Management officials continue to make progress on the security clearance backlog even as they move forward with merging the National Background Investigations Bureau into DOD. Garry Reid, DOD’s …
IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Navy will christen its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, USS St. Louis (LCS 19), during a 10 a.m. CST ceremony Saturday, Dec. 15, in Marinette, Wisconsin. The future USS St. Louis, designated LCS 19, honors Missouri's …
WASHINGTON -- Two Defense Department artificial-intelligence experts testified on Capitol Hill yesterday on DOD’s efforts to transform delivery of capabilities enabled by artificial intelligence to the nation’s warfighters. Lisa Porter, deputy …
WASHINGTON -- The Navy and Marine Corps have some readiness challenges, but both services are taking steps to address them, Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer and a senior Government Accountability Office official told Senators today. Spencer and John H. …
WASHINGTON -- At one time, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria controlled a self-proclaimed caliphate that stretched from Syria to Iraq, but now that force in Iraq has been degraded so much that the remnants are hiding in caves, deep wadis and tunnels in …
WASHINGTON -- Medical personnel aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort have thus far treated more than 20,000 civilians, and performed more than 600 surgeries in several Central and South American nations, Army Col. Rob Manning, a Pentagon spokesman, told …
WASHINGTON -- In a tweet this morning, President Donald J. Trump indicated he will nominate Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. If confirmed by the Senate, Milley would succeed Marine Corps Gen. Joe …
WASHINGTON -- Near-peer competition and the United States retaining its military competitive edge were among the issues the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff discussed today in an interview with Washington Post associate editor David Ignatius. The …
