Trump nominates Marine to be Navy’s new head lawyer
Maj. Gen. David Bligh would be the second Marine in the Navy's history to serve as the Navy JAG.
By Riley Ceder
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Hegseth returns to Capitol Hill to defend Trump’s defense budget plan
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of June 8, 2025.
Pentagon disputes British general’s assessment on Iranian threat
U.S. Central Command announced it raised the threat level in Iraq and Syria, rebuking comments made by a top British general with the coalition fighting the Islamic State.
By Kyle Rempfer
Judge blocks release of Coast Guardsman called ‘terrorist’
A federal judge in Maryland on Monday blocked the release of a Coast Guard lieutenant accused of stockpiling combat gear and compiling a hit list of prominent Democrats and TV journalists.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press
Renewed push to award gold medal to World War II Ghost Army
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators are renewing an effort to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Ghost Army of World War II.
Prosecutors in Navy war crimes case accused of spying on defense attorneys and Navy Times reporter
Military prosecutors in the case of a Navy SEAL charged with killing an Islamic State prisoner in Iraq in 2017 installed tracking software in emails sent to defense lawyers and a reporter in an apparent attempt to discover who was leaking information to the media, according to lawyers who told The Associated Press that they received the corrupted messages.
Arm yourself at the new International Spy Museum to ask better questions about intelligence
“A more informed public is going to be armed to ask better questions," said Christopher P. Costa, executive director of the International Spy Museum.
By Howard Altman
Release terms set for Coast Guard officer called ‘terrorist’
A Coast Guard lieutenant accused of stockpiling firearms and drafting a hit list of prominent Democrats and journalists can be released from custody and supervised by relatives in Virginia while awaiting trial, a federal magistrate judge said Tuesday.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press
NORTHCOM: Arctic now America’s ‘first line of defense’
New business opportunities in the Arctic also invite new strategic competition, U.S. defense officials say.
By Kyle Rempfer
Climate change threatens to block Marines’ access to the sea
Two of the Corps' large amphibious training bases are threatened by rising waters and future storm damage.
By Shawn Snow
US Air Force Gen. Tod Wolters sworn in as NATO commander
U.S. Air Force Gen. Tod D. Wolters has been sworn in as the top military officer of the 29-nation NATO military alliance.
Incoming commandant open to another gender-integrated boot camp class in 2020
The first partially gender-integrated Marine recruit training company graduated March 29, but Corps officials have been skeptical about whether it would ever happen again.
By Shawn Snow