A West Virginia man already serving life in prison for murdering his wife pleaded guilty to defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of more than $354,000 by falsely claiming he had post-traumatic stress disorder, according to the Justice Department. Zachary Hess Dawson, 39, currently an inmate at the Mount…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has rolled out formal guidance for mandatory testosterone testing for male service members 30 and older, a policy that leaves out women for now and faces questions from medical experts about the need and efficacy of such a program. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced in…
PRAGUE (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to NATO renewed his country’s criticism of the Czech Republic on Friday, saying it had failed to spend enough on defense. “It is disappointing to see that it has not made more progress towards meeting the Hague Defense Commitment,” Matthew Whitaker told a defense…
Dan Driscoll resigned as secretary of the Army on Aug. 31, 2026. His departure leaves the Army without a Senate-confirmed civilian leader six months into the war with Iran, its busiest period since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Driscoll’s resignation was reportedly motivated, at least in part, by his frustration with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Earlier…
The U.S. Coast Guard has issued new guidance to prevent and respond to sexual assaults. The service on Thursday released its Sexual Assault Prevention, Response, and Recovery (SAPRR) Action Plan, building on a plan initially introduced last March to combat sexual assault through specific actions and strategic objectives, including assigning leads…
If the Pentagon carries out its threat to blacklist Anthropic’s Claude AI platform, it could be three months or even longer before the U.S. military regains access to such a powerful tool on its classified networks, according to multiple sources familiar with the fight between the Defense Department and the…
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The White House pick to lead policy related to domestic military use dodged direct questions Thursday on whether he would advise the defense secretary to deploy National Guard troops to election polling places, repeating that the “first objective is always to make sure that people are safe and secure.” “I appreciate…
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Ice fishing has always made me feel nostalgic. As a guide, I spend most of my time rigging equipment and finding fish for clients. It can be hard to simply enjoy time on the water when you’re focused on giving your clients a successful fishing trip. But when I go…
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The Army wanted a command-and-control platform that would sync up its many siloed battlefield data management systems—from intelligence to surveillance to targets to munitions levels—and display it all in one place. Once they had it, soldiers realized they needed a little more control over how much information sat on their…
AURORA, Colorado—The Pentagon won’t have new cost estimates for the way-over-budget Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program until year’s end, officials said, though they expressed optimism and dismissed concerns in a new Government Accountability Office report as out of date.“My hope, and hope not being a strategy, is that I can…
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Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine is concerned the White House’s National Defense Strategy “underplayed the threat posed by China and the U.S. military’s need to prepare for a potential future conflict in the Indo-Pacific,” CNN reported Wednesday. “Caine hand-delivered memos to [Defense Secretary Pete] Hegseth and the Pentagon’s policy chief…
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