Department of Defense

The Defense Department is sending more than 5,000 active-component troops to the Southwest border at the request of the Department of Homeland...

There has been a cyber breach of Defense Department travel records that compromised the personal information and credit card data of thousands of U.S...

In light of confirmed election interference from outside sources in 2016, states have called on the Guard to add security to their cyber...

For the first time in a decade, the Defense Department is beginning a fiscal year with its full funding in place. President Donald Trump on Friday...

Initial Air Force plans for a separate Space Force include no role for the National Guard. In a Sept. 14 memo outlining its recommendations for the...

The Army believes it has found a fix for a glitch in the M4 and M4A1 assault rifles that causes the weapon to unintentionally fire, officials told...

Washington decision-makers are a step closer to providing the U.S. military with its first on-time budget in a decade. The Senate today approved a...

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson says the Air Force is too small for a possible future conflict with a major power, such as China or Russia. On...

Defense Secretary James N. Mattis took notice recently of the drop in courts-martial across the services and advised commanders to consider goals...

Just days after Gen. David L. Goldfein, the Air Force chief of staff, told a National Guard audience in New Orleans the service was taking an ax to...

Up to 4,000 National Guard soldiers could remain at the U.S.-Mexico border through Sept. 30, 2019. The Defense Department has authorized the...

The life of Sen. John S. McCain, who died Saturday, should serve as an example for service members today, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said...