Jan 03 WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing after deadly incidents in New Orleans and Las Vegas By Associated Press The Pentagon weighed in on the deadly New Year's Day incidents in New Orleans and Las Vegas Friday. Continue reading
Dec 31 Military appeals court rejects Defense secretary’s order nullifying 9/11 plea deals By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press The decision puts back on track the agreements that would have the three men plead guilty to one of the deadliest attacks ever on the United States in exchange for being spared the possibility of the death penalty. Continue reading
Dec 19 WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing as it says number of U.S. troops doubled in Syria before Assad’s fall By Lolita C. Baldor, Tara Copp, Associated Press The United States doubled the number of its forces in Syria to fight the Islamic State group before the overthrow of President Bashar Assad’s government, the Pentagon said Thursday. Continue reading
Dec 11 WATCH: House approves $895B defense bill that raises military pay, bans coverage of trans care for children of service members By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The bill passed the House by a vote of 281-140 and will next move to the Senate, where lawmakers had sought a bigger boost in defense spending than the current measure allows. Continue reading
Dec 11 WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing as U.S. warns Russia may use new missile against Ukraine By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press The U. S. official said Russia has only a handful of the missiles and that they carry a smaller warhead than other missiles that Russia has regularly launched at Ukraine. Continue reading
Dec 04 Trump considers DeSantis for Pentagon chief with Hegseth facing new allegations, AP reports By Thomas Beaumont, Adriana Gomez Licon, Zeke Miller, Associated Press The Trump transition team is growing concerned about Hegseth's path to Senate confirmation and is actively looking at potential replacements, according to a person familiar with the matter. Continue reading
Dec 03 WATCH: U.S. forces in eastern Syria conduct self-defense strike, Pentagon says By Associated Press Syrian opposition activists say insurgents have captured four new towns, bringing them closer to the central city of Hama. Continue reading
Nov 26 WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing after Russia barrages Ukraine in drone attack By Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press Russia has been hammering civilian areas of Ukraine with increasingly heavy drone, missile and glide bomb attacks since the middle of the year. Continue reading
Nov 21 WATCH: Pentagon confirms Russia launched new, experimental missile By Hanna Arhirova, Illia Novikov, Aamer Madhani, Tara Copp, Associated Press “This was new type of lethal capability that was deployed on the battlefield, so that was certainly of concern," Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said, noting that the missile could carry either conventional or nuclear warheads. Continue reading
Nov 12 WATCH: Pentagon says Houthi attacks caused no damage to U.S. Navy warships By Michael Casey, Associated Press Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon press secretary, said the Iranian-backed Houthis launched at least eight drones, five anti-ship ballistic missiles and three anti-ship cruise missiles at the USS Stockdale and the USS Spruance, both Navy destroyers, on Monday. He said… Continue reading