The National Security Act also created the United States Air Force, also under the purview of the secretary of defense. The Department of Defense would gain its current name when the National ...

Ukraine has not received any official notifications about the halt or revision of the delivery schedules for agreed defense ...

Former FOX News personality Pete Hegseth was sworn in as U.S. Defense Secretary by Vice President JD Vance on January 25, 2025, in Washington D.C.

Navy replenishment oiler, which was previously named for gay rights leader, has been renamed for World War II hero Oscar V.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said leaker of initial intel assessment wanted to "make it look like this historic strike wasn't successful." Jun 26 Iranian nuclear sites damaged, not destroyed ...

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the United States and Israel’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities are a ...

The Pentagon is reviewing AUKUS, a strategic military deal between the United States, Britain and Australia. Australian ...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – U.S. Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper visited service members and conducted a bilateral engagement with the Japanese Defense Minister Kono Taro here Aug. 29 ...

United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told a gathering of top security officials Saturday that war with China was neither imminent nor unavoidable, despite rapidly escalating tensions in ...

VICTORVILLE, CALIF. -- United States Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel arrives in California to be escorted by helicopters from 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, 4th ...

Biden's nomination of General Lloyd Austin for Secretary of Defense is not a good idea. The Founders sought to keep the profession of arms out of politics for a reason.

Today, I ask Lloyd Austin to once more take on a mission for the United States of America—this time as the secretary-designate of the Department of Defense. I know he will do an outstanding job.