Pentagon pauses HIV-positive recruit training while signaling it may soon reinstate a ban on their enlistment

The Pentagon has ordered the military command that oversees new recruits’ enlistment to hold off on initial training for ...

Dozens of former military leaders defend Mark Kelly in Pentagon fight

Military leaders including the former secretaries of the Army and Navy called the Pentagon's actions against Kelly ...
Breaking Defense

Pentagon CTO offers industry free use of 400 patents from gov’t labs — for a start

The first 400 patents are “the freebie, the door buster” to get industry excited about an in-progress, unprecedented database linking all 216 DoD labs, Emil Michael told reporters.

Pentagon is embracing Musk’s Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google’s AI engine inside the ...

Pentagon Tells 1,500 Troops to Prepare for Possible Deployment to Minnesota

But President Trump has already backed away from a threat to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to protests against the ...
Stars and Stripes

Senate Democrats urge reversal of Pentagon decision to delay PFAS cleanups

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are demanding a reversal of the Pentagon’s decision earlier this year to delay the cleanup of “forever chemicals” at military installations around the U.S., arguing the ...
The Baltimore Sun

Taxpayers deserve better than Pentagon’s war on transparency | GUEST COMMENTARY

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s establishment of two new Pentagon policies — one pertaining to how it deals with the media and the other on how it deals with Congress — should be deeply concerning ...

Pentagon moves to turn independent military outlet into a ‘mouthpiece,’ advocates warn

The Trump administration is exerting political pressure on Stars & Stripes, the independent military newspaper that informs US servicemembers worldwide.
Stars and Stripes

Plaques installed on Pentagon proclaiming it Department of War

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fastened the final screw into a new Department of War plaque at the Pentagon’s main entrance for visiting VIPs Thursday, marking the latest effort to cement a name ...
Military.com

Sen. Mark Kelly Calls Pentagon Investigation Into His Remarks a Move to Chill Military Dissent

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona said Tuesday that the Pentagon's escalating investigation into his remarks urging troops to refuse unlawful orders is part of an effort to ...
Defense One

Pentagon preps to enforce ban on companies with ‘indirect’ ties to China

The Pentagon wants to eliminate Chinese military companies from the defense industry’s supply chains, so it’s preparing to alert contractors next year of any possible ties before a Congress-mandated ...
NPR

Pentagon pilot program trains students to be future federal workers

Between DOGE and the government shutdown, it's a tough time to be a federal worker. But students in a Pentagon-funded pilot program are excited about working for the government. Despite all the ...