Defence Department

Latest Stories

This image proved by the Army show Sgt. 1st Class Reymund Rarogal Transfiguracion, 36, from Waikoloa, Hawaii. The U.S. military says the Army special forces soldier died Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, from wounds he received earlier this month in southern Afghanistan. He was wounded when an improvised explosive device detonated near him while he was on patrol. (U.S. Army via AP)

US commando dies after explosion in southern Afghanistan

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Family adjusts to multiple deployments

By THOR JOURGENSEN - Associated Press

In this photo released by the press office of Mexico's President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, right, walks with Lopez Obrador inside the National Palace in Mexico City, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. Lopez Obrador will take office Dec. 1. (Press Office of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador via AP)

Mexico’s ‘AMLO’ to rely on ‘professionals’ for security

Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence, speaking Thursday at the Pentagon, announced plans to create a U.S, Space Force to ensure American dominance in space amid heightened completion and threats from China and Russia. (Associated Press)

Pence, Pentagon promise ‘Space Force’ by 2020

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with business leaders, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Donald Trump’s ‘Space Force’ meets resistance in Pentagon, insiders say

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is shown here. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Pentagon praises Macedonia for repatriation of ISIS foreign fighters

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Transfer cases are in a hanger at a ceremony marking the arrival of the remains believed to be of U.S. service members who died in the Korean War in Hawaii, on Wednesday. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Pentagon: Identifying casualties from Korean War may take years

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Amazon vies for Pentagon $10 billion cloud data contract

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Texas military base ready for immigrant housing construction

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, right, speaks next to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a 2018 Australia-U.S. Ministerial (AUSMIN) Consultations news conference in Stanford, Calif., Tuesday, July 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Reporters’ frustration over press access at Pentagon boiling over; another media briefing scrapoed

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, right, speaks next to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a 2018 Australia-U.S. Ministerial (AUSMIN) Consultations news conference in Stanford, Calif., Tuesday, July 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

James Mattis: No plans for U.S., Russian military cooperation in Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

A Ukrainian soldier launches a US anti-tank missile Javelin during military training on a military training ground outside Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 22, 2018. The US has supplied Ukraine with a batch of Javelin anti-tank weapons, including 37 launchers and 210 missiles. A war conflict with the Kremlin backed separatists has hit Ukraine's east since 2014. (Mykhailo Markiv, Presidential Press Service Pool Photo via AP)

Pentagon to send $200 million military aid package to Ukraine

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

This undated photo provided by the Calixto family shows Lucas Calixto. The U.S. Army has moved in recent weeks to discharge some immigrant recruits and reservists who enlisted through a program that promised them a path to citizenship. Calixto filed a lawsuit in Washington, D.C., last week alleging the Defense Department had discharged him without giving him a chance to defend himself or appeal. He said he was given no specific grounds other than "personnel security." (Courtesy of the Calixto Family via AP)

Lucas Calixto discharge reversed by Army after lawsuit

By Garance Burke - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 9, 2003, file photo, relatives of Guatemalan born Marine Lance Cpl. Jose Antonio Gutierrez, one of the first combat casualties of the Iraq War, gather around his coffin at his funeral at Los Cipreses cemetery in Guatemala City. The Guatemalan-born Gutierrez, who entered to U.S. illegally as an orphan teen, was killed in battle around the port city of Umm Qasr. Hundreds attended his memorial service outside of Los Angeles. He was granted American citizenship posthumously. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

AP Explains: Immigrants in US military throughout history

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

The Pentagon, as seen in an undated aerial photo. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Austin, Texas, selected for Army Futures Command

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Capt. Philip Gunn participates in a flyover during the interment ceremony of retired Brig. Gen. Robinson Risner on Jan. 23, 2014, at Arlington National Cemetery. (Image: Air Force) ** FILE **

Pentagon picks Austin, Texas, to host Army Futures Command

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The C-17 Globemaster III T-1 (U.S. Air Force)

Senator demands answers on Pentagon’s $10,000 toilet seat

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this July 8, 2017, file image taken from FBI video and provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Hawaii on July 13, 2017, Army Sgt. 1st Class Ikaika Kang holds an Islamic State group flag after allegedly pledging allegiance to the terror group at a house in Honolulu. Newly unsealed court documents from an investigation into the Hawaii-based Army soldier accused of attempting to support the Islamic State group, provides more details about his obsession with the group's violence. (FBI/U.S Attorney's Office, District of Hawaii via AP, File)

Americans charged with ISIS support served in military more than 10 percent of time, study finds

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

The Pentagon vehemently denies that the White House exerted any political pressure throughout the process for awarding the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract, which ultimately went to Microsoft. (Associated Press/File)

Homeland Security asks Pentagon to house up to 12,000 migrants; DoD may build temporary camps

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Capt. Philip Gunn participates in a flyover during the interment ceremony of retired Brig. Gen. Robinson Risner on Jan. 23, 2014, at Arlington National Cemetery. (Image: Air Force) ** FILE **

Pentagon’s Army Futures Command put 5 cities in competition

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times