Pentagon says Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving, in latest departure of a top defense leader
The Pentagon announced Wednesday that the Navy’s top civilian official, Secretary of the Navy John Phelan, is leaving his job.
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US forces board a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean, the Pentagon says
U.S. forces have boarded an oil tanker previously sanctioned for smuggling Iranian crude oil in Asia, the Pentagon said Tuesday, as it puts into place a global warning to track...
US military will target Iran-linked ships worldwide, broadening scope beyond blockade
The U.S. military has widened its efforts beyond the blockade of Iran’s ports.
Iranian attack on Saudi base injures US troops, while more American forces arrive in the Middle East
More American forces are reaching the Middle East, with a Navy ship carrying about 2,500 Marines having now arrived in the region, U.S. Central Command announced Saturday.
3 US troops killed and 5 are seriously wounded during Iran attacks, military says
Three American service members have been killed and five others seriously wounded during the U.S. attacks on Iran, the military announced Sunday.
Transgender youths are targeted in Scouting America changes pushed by the Pentagon
Scouting America will alter several policies at the urging of the Pentagon, including one targeting transgender youths, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday as he pushes a campaign against military...
US military boards another oil tanker in Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean
U.S. military forces boarded another sanctioned tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the vessel from the Caribbean Sea in an effort to target illicit oil connected to Venezuela, the...
Donald Trump’s border czar says ‘small’ security force will remain in Minnesota after enforcement drawdown
White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that more than 1,000 immigration agents have left Minnesota’s Twin Cities area and hundreds more will depart in the days ahead as...
How the US could take over Greenland and the potential challenges
President Trump said Friday he is going to do “something on Greenland, whether they like it or not.”
US Coast Guard searches for survivors of boat strikes as odds diminish days later
The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it’s still searching for people in the eastern Pacific Ocean who had jumped off alleged drug-smuggling boats when the U.S. military attacked the vessels...