IMMEDIATE RELEASE Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis and Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan co-hosted a meeting of the top 13 nations contributing military support to the Global Coalition to Defeat-ISIS on Dec. 6, in Ottawa. With 79 members, the Global …
European Security - The United States is demonstrating to NATO allies and the world its continued commitment to peace, security and stability in Europe.
WASHINGTON -- NATO allies agree that Russia is in material breach of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, and have decided to start planning for a post-INF Treaty world, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in Brussels yesterday. The secretary …
WASHINGTON -- Eulogies hailed former President George Herbert Walker Bush as both a great and a good man at a state funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral here today. The nation’s 41st president died Nov. 30 at the age of 94. President Donald …
WASHINGTON -- The 20 countries that make up the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility are as diverse and unique as any in the world, but they also present a vexing set of challenges, Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. told the Senate Armed …
At U.S. Strategic Command in Omaha, Nebraska, a cyberthreat analyst busily monitors potential insider threats for the command’s top-secret, secret and classified networks. Mariah Miller-Gordon, 25, the developer of the year-old program — called the Cyber …
The shift of the National Defense Strategy to confronting near-peer competitors will continue the demand for special operations forces, the president’s nominee to be the commander of U.S. Special Operations Command said at his Senate Armed Services …
WASHINGTON -- His background was a little different than most who join the military at the age of eighteen, but his warmth, love of country and drive to serve made him a leader respected up and down his chains of command. Service members who worked with …
WASHINGTON -- President Donald J. Trump has declared Dec. 5 as a national day of mourning for former President George H.W. Bush, who passed away last night at age 94. Trump joined countless others in paying tribute to Bush and his lifetime of service as a …
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary James N. Mattis spoke for all members of the Defense Department in expressing sorrow for the passing of President George H. W. Bush today during his remarks at the Reagan Defense Forum in California. The former president …
WASHINGTON -- The world is awash in change, but the new National Security Strategy serves as a rock of stability for the nation and like-minded countries, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said today at the Reagan National Defense Forum in California. The …
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 Dec. 1, 2018 News Release Release No: NR-338-18 Pentagon Spokesperson COL Rob Manning provided the following statement: Effective December 1st, Ms. Lisa Hershman, Deputy Chief Management Officer, will assume responsibilities as the Acting …
WASHINGTON -- In its continued efforts to develop and deploy artificial intelligence to address some of the nation’s toughest defense challenges, the Defense Department, in coordination with Army Research Lab, hosted its second AI Industry Day yesterday. …
WASHINGTON -- Iran’s missiles and other weapons being exported to proxies pose a “clear and present danger” to civilians and regional stability, the special representative for Iran and senior policy advisor to the secretary of state said today. “We’re one …
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 29, 2018 News Release Release No: NR-335-18 Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis embarks Friday, Nov. 30, on a two-day trip that includes stops in Colorado and California. In Colorado, Secretary Mattis will speak with cadets …
WASHINGTON -- Service members have just one month left to make a decision about opting in to the blended retirement system, Jeri Busch, the Defense Department’s director of military compensation policy, said here today. Congress authorized the new system …
WASHINGTON -- Russia’s seizure of three Ukrainian ships in the Sea of Azov in contradiction to signed treaties and the Law of the Sea show that Russia cannot be counted on to keep its word, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said at the Pentagon today. The …
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary James N. Mattis presented the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service to House Speaker Paul Ryan during a Pentagon ceremony today. Mattis said the rules of the road for the budget process were foreign to …
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 28, 2018 News Release Release No: NR-333-18 Pentagon Chief Spokesperson Dana W. White provided the following readout: Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis met with Lithuanian Minister of Defense Raimundas Karoblis today at the …
