Latest ""
Pentagon’s chief technology office gets three new leadership slots
The undersecretary of defense for research and engineering will oversee the new roles, which give more authority to her office.
Congress to vet nominees for Air Force secretary, two more key DoD positions next week
Frank Kendall, Heidi Shyu and Susanna Blume will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee at a joint confirmation hearing May 25.
Biden picks Shyu for DoD research and engineering chief
President Joe Biden will nominate Heidi Shyu, the Army's former acquisition chief, to be the Pentagon's undersecretary for research and engineering, Defense News has learned.
US Africa Command official hails ‘new beginning’ in Sudan
A U.S. deputy commander for Africa on Wednesday welcomed a “new beginning” and a “renewed relationship” between the U.S. and Sudan following the African country’s removal from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.
Pentagon official overseeing counter-ISIS effort forced out
The acting defense secretary accepted the resignation of Christopher Maier, who was director of the Defeat-ISIS Task Force.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Naval Academy alumni board member resigns after accidental broadcast of racial slurs on Facebook
A Naval Academy Alumni Association Board of Trustees member resigned from his position Saturday after an accidental Facebook Live video broadcast him and his wife making racist comments and using racial slurs while talking about the Black Lives Matter movement.
Miniseries offers deep dive into misconceptions and complexities of Ulysses S. Grant
The miniseries premieres this Memorial Day, May 25.
Reinstate? Reassign? Navy to decide fate of fired aircraft carrier captain
The Navy’s top admiral will soon decide the fate of the ship captain who was fired after pleading for commanders to move faster to safeguard his coronavirus-infected crew on the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press and Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Former SECNAV’s trip to Guam for in-person speech to sailors cost $243,000
The near quarter-million dollar tab included approximately 35 hours of round-trip flight time in a C-37B.
By Jon Simkins
‘You are justified in being angry with me’ — Read the SECNAV’s final memo to the fleet
Modly distributed one final memo to the fleet as his last act as Navy secretary.
By Jon Simkins
Navy Secretary officially resigns, capping bizarre 24-hour Theodore Roosevelt fiasco
Modly’s resignation offer comes less than a day after numerous Democratic members of Congress called for his firing over his handling of the dismissal of the commanding officer of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt.
By Jon Simkins