Mar 18 Watch 5:28 Pentagon history purge highlights which stories are told and why others are ignored By Geoff Bennett, Ian Couzens The Trump administration’s efforts to strip diversity, equity and inclusion prompted the Defense Department to remove thousands of pages and images honoring the contributions of women and people of color. The Pentagon is restoring some of those web pages, saying… Continue watching
Mar 18 Pentagon is cutting up to 60,000 civilian jobs, administration aims for at least 5 percent total reduction By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The official said Tuesday that to reach the goal of a 5 percent to 8 percent cut in a civilian workforce of more than 900,000, the department aims to cut another 6,000 positions a month by simply not replacing workers… Continue reading
Mar 18 Pentagon restores some webpages honoring minority service members but defends DEI purge By Leah Willingham, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Tara Copp, Associated Press The Pentagon says internet pages honoring a Black Medal of Honor winner and Japanese American service members were mistakenly taken down. But it is defending its campaign to strip out content singling out the contributions by women and minority groups. Continue reading
Mar 17 WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing on U.S. strikes on Yemen’s Houthis By Associated Press Lt. Gen. Alex Grynkewich, director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, estimated those strikes have killed “dozens” of militants and would continue in the coming days. Continue reading
Mar 13 Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to obstructing justice By Michael Casey, Associated Press The judge on Thursday approved the plea agreement, but has not yet addressed his sentence. Continue reading
Mar 07 War heroes, military firsts and the Enola Gay are among 26,000 Pentagon images flagged for removal in DEI purge By Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor, Kevin S. Vineys, Associated Press References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorities are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts marked for deletion as… Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch 6:07 Retired rear admiral fears Trump replacing military leaders with those ‘loyal to him’ By Geoff Bennett, Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn The Trump administration fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General CQ Brown, breaking with decades of precedent as part of a broader purge of senior military leaders. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also said the administration… Continue watching
Feb 22 Who is Dan ‘Razin’ Caine, Trump’s pick to be the next Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman? By Tara Copp, Associated Press Trump said Friday night that Caine was his pick as the next Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, making the announcement in the same social media post in which he fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr., who had held that job for… Continue reading
Feb 22 Watch 5:34 The potential consequences of Trump’s unprecedented Pentagon shakeup By John Yang, Satvi Sunkara, Juliet Fuisz Trump’s shakeup of Washington reached the Pentagon on Friday as he fired several top military leaders, including Air Force Gen. CQ Brown as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Trump selected retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine… Continue watching
Feb 07 Pentagon sends more troops to U.S.-Mexico border, bringing total to 3,600 By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press A U.S. official said Friday that the order has been approved to send a logistics brigade from the 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Liberty in North Carolina. Continue reading