Jane Does in Fort Hood Sexual Abuse Case File Complaints Against Army, Pentagon
A law firm has filed seven legal complaints against the U.S. Army and Pentagon, one for each of seven victims sexually abused or non-consensually videotaped by a doctor at Fort Hood. The U.S. Army Office of Special Trial Counsel (OSTC) on Dec. 9 announced that it had preferred four charges and 61 specifications against Maj. […]
Pentagon Must Boost Testing for Weapons, Warfighting Capabilities: Report
A nonpartisan government watchdog is calling on the Department of Defense to update its testing policies so U.S. troops can acquire weapons at a quicker scale. The Government Accountability Office (GAO), an independent government agency, published a new report on Thursday highlighting gaps in current weapons acquisitions. It encourages DoD to adopt 13 recommendations to […]
Army Leaders Embrace AI for Command Decisions as Pentagon Accelerates Technology Race With China
The Pentagon is racing to deploy artificial intelligence across military operations before adversaries gain an irreversible edge, driven by lessons from Ukraine, where cheap drones powered by AI are destroying million-dollar tanks as well as China’s push to dominate military AI. The Department of War launched a $100 million AI program in December 2024 to […]
Thousands of U.S. Government E-mails Exposed on the Dark Web — Including White House and Pentagon Accounts
Hackers may be sitting on a massive trove of government credentials — including emails and passwords tied to the White House, State Department, Department of Defense, and U.S. Army — according to new research from NordVPN’s affiliate companies, NordPass and NordStellar. The study found more than 53,000 passwords belonging to U.S. government employees exposed in […]
Maine Mass Shooting Survivors Refile Lawsuit After Pentagon Watchdog Report Cites Army Negligence
PORTLAND, Maine — The survivors and family members of victims of the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history have refiled their lawsuit against the U.S. government following a new U.S. Department of Defense watchdog report that faults the U.S. Army for a high rate of failure to report violent threats by service members. Eighteen people […]
Guardsmen Patrolling DC Will Soon Be Armed, Pentagon Says
National Guardsmen patrolling Washington, D.C., as part of President Donald Trump’s purported crackdown on crime will soon be armed, the Pentagon said Friday. “At the direction of the secretary of defense, JTF-DC members supporting the mission to lower the crime rate in our nation’s capital will soon be on mission with their service-issued weapons, consistent […]
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona
Hundreds more miles of federal land along the U.S. southern border in Arizona is set to be transferred to the Department of Defense, further expanding newly created military zones — and the footprint of the military’s role in immigration enforcement. The newest military zone in Arizona — the fourth border zone created by the Trump […]
Pentagon Weighs Bigger Army as Service Sees Early Recruiting Success
The Army is on the cusp of hitting its annual recruiting target months ahead of schedule, a development that’s prompting Pentagon planners to consider a rare move: increasing the active-duty force without Congress. As of Monday, the Army had brought in 59,875 new active-duty enlisted soldiers with a total goal of 61,000 for fiscal 2025, […]
Pentagon Diverts $1 Billion from Army Barracks to Fund Border Mission
The Pentagon is shifting $1 billion meant for maintaining and renovating Army barracks to instead fund its surge of troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, a move that coincides with the service’s gradual deprioritization of quality-of-life initiatives for soldiers. Redirecting the barracks funding erodes much of the additional money the Army started pouring into living quarters […]
Pentagon Sends 1,100 More Troops to Border in Continued Mission Ramp-Up
The Pentagon is sending 1,115 additional troops to the U.S.-Mexico border from over half a dozen units across the different services in support of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, the military announced Thursday. They will join more than 8,000 troops on active-duty orders who have been part of the mission since late January, though a […]