Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memo May 20 announcing a review of the U.S. military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan “to ensure that accountability for this event is met.” Hegseth did not specify in the memo what type of actions might result from the review.
The Defense Department is reviewing a request from the Department of Homeland Security for 20,000 National Guardsmen to help with the Trump administration's mass deportation efforts, the chief of National Guard Bureau told lawmakers May 20.
Two Navy SEALs based in Virginia are facing disciplinary action for racist conduct, and several of their platoon and team leaders are being disciplined for leadership failures, according to a defense official. The two enlisted Team 4 members are being punished for developing racist memes targeting a Black sailor in their platoon and circulating them in a group chat with other team members, according to the official.
The Marine Corps is partnering with federal immigration authorities under a pilot program the service says is aimed at preventing foreign nationals from unlawfully accessing multiple installations across the country, spokespeople for the service told Military.com May 20.
Venezuela released an imprisoned U.S. Air Force veteran to American officials, a move Caracas hopes could improve bilateral relations and encourage the Trump administration to allow Western oil companies to continue operating.
U.S.-sanctioned terrorist organizations appear to be enjoying the perks of paid, premium accounts and verified blue check marks on the social media platform X, a potential violation of U.S. sanctions.
The U.S. Air Force wants to upgrade or replace the towed-decoy system on the Rockwell International B-1B Lancer bomber. The decades-old Raytheon ALE-50 towed decoy is designed to divert incoming missiles.
Just as adversaries adjust how they protect the assets they value most, the United States calibrates its tools to hold them perpetually at risk. The B61-13 is the most recent manifestation of this principle.
Qatar had been trying to sell off a luxury jet for years, with no luck. Then President Trump’s team set its sights on it. The story of how the Trump administration decided that it would accept a free luxury Boeing 747-8 from Qatar to serve as Air Force One involved weeks of secret coordination between Washington and Doha.
The Army extended its combat medic training course, conducted realistic rehearsals with partner nations to build relationships, and is developing distributed command-and-control nodes in the Pacific. The additional training will enable medics to do a blood transfusion on the ground, extending the time that patients can survive without hospitalization
When Coast Guard rescuers reached four men who had tumbled into a 40-foot industrial tank at the top of a Washington mountain, they found that two of the men were hurt too badly to move, and one of them was lying in a pool of fast-drying concrete.
