GAO Report on Senate Holds on Flag, General Officers
The following is the May 15, 2025, Government Accountability Office report, Military Generals and Admirals: Information on the Effects of Senate Nomination Blanket Holds.…
Updated: Suspect in Custody After Tennessee Naval Base Shooting
This post will be updated as new information becomes available. A suspected shooter is in custody after injuring two members…
Update: Shutdown’s Impact on the Pentagon.
THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE A TRANSCRIPT OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE. The following is a Oct. 17, 2013…
Pentagon Faces its own Debt Ceiling Crisis
If the debt ceiling is not raised there would be delays in paying salaries even to the military and recalled…
Pentagon’s Ashton Carter to Step Down in December
Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter will step down from his position in December, according to a Thursday afternoon release…
U.S. Confirms Involvement in Friday’s Somalia Raid
Pentagon officials confirmed Friday’s raid on a Somalia compound alleged to shelter members of Al Shabab to capture an enigmatic…
Government Shutdown: The Basics
With the House voting again to delay for a year the start of the Affordable Care Act and repealing a…
Winnefeld: What the Army Can Learn from the Marine Corps
The vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has some advice for the Army—struggling with future missions, fewer…
Opinion: ‘Never Forget’
The following story originally appeared in Proceedings, September 2011. A decade later, a former naval officer recalls the day he was working in…
Destroyer Shoots Down Missile in Successful Joint Ballistic Missile Defense Test
A Navy guided missile destroyer (DDG) successfully shot down a ballistic missile target in a joint exercise with the U.S.…
Levin: Close Vote Likely in Senate Military Sexual Assault Measure
The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee says commanders “are essential to winning this fight” [against sexual assault], but…