Department of Defense

Seven more Army bases will revert to their long-standing names, President Donald Trump said June 10 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, but not to honor their original namesakes.

The Senate today confirmed Troy E. Meink, the National Reconnaissance Office’s principal deputy director, to serve as the 27th Secretary of the Air Force.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a memo Thursday that transgender service members in the National Guard and Reserve will have 60 days to voluntarily self-separate or be forced out.

The Defense Department is stepping up efforts to bring back service members involuntarily separated for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine.

Examples of combat-arms specialties include infantry, artillery, armor, cavalry and special operations forces.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a review of military standards, including physical fitness, body composition and grooming.

The Defense Department has announced plans to reduce 5-8% of its civilian workforce to “produce efficiencies and refocus the department on the president's priorities and restoring readiness” in the force.

The Defense Department has instructed the services to invite back into uniform those personnel forced out or who separated voluntarily because they refused the COVID-19 vaccine.

A one-time member of the NGAUS legislative team who left 22 years ago to begin a series of significant positions in the Active Guard and Reserve program is set to bring his vast experience back to the association.

The National Guard has more than 1,600 Guardsmen along the U.S.-Mexico border ready when called upon to support President Donald Trump's recent executive order to "protect the territorial integrity of the United States," the National Guard Bureau announced Jan. 23.

A senior official with the National Reconnaissance Office, a Defense Department intelligence agency that works closely with the Space Force, is President Donald Trump’s choice to become the next secretary of the Air Force.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Defense Department, fielded questions from members of the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday morning.