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The Office of the Director of National Intelligence will soon release guidelines to help the intelligence community better gauge ethical considerations for operatives who purchase commercially available data that can include sensitive…

I shared my big news with friends while visiting them out of town over Mother’s Day weekend. I planned to begin in vitro fertilization with a donor to freeze embryos later that year.The couple, a fellow Navy veteran and their spouse, had…

In interviews, nearly three-quarters of veterans who said they supported an extremist group or ideology reported experiencing a traumatic or otherwise negative event during their military service, according to a study released today by the…

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii—On a windy pier overlooking the USS Arizona memorial and the USS Missouri, Adm. Stephen Koehler took the helm of U.S. Pacific Fleet on Thursday, replacing Adm. Samuel Paparo, who will take command of U.S. Indo-Pacific…

“I remember the trees,” retired Lt. Col. Philip Treglia said about the day in April 2004 when he returned to his command post in Fallujah, Iraq, to find it had been attacked by insurgents armed with RPGs.“The trees all around were cut in…

The Department of Defense released a new strategy on Tuesday outlining its intent to tie critical private sector space technologies with national security interests, including using military force when necessary to protect satellites and…

“This place needs a fresh coat of paint,” Mike said to me as we stood in the flag-bedecked United Nations Square in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Mike, my executive officer, was the king of dry wit. Besides his sense of humor, Mike was a superb…

The Pentagon opened its Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy on March 20, the Department of Defense announced in a Friday notice.The office, which was mandated in a must-pass 2023 defense policy bill, aims to give…

The Air Force’s mobility fleet needs to be better connected to the joint force if it’s going to be ready to fight in the Pacific, according to Air Mobility Command’s leader.“We have more connectivity in our cars and on our cell phones than…

The U.S. Air Force is planning to deploy its new “mission-ready” combat wings as soon as two years from now—as it carries out a massive overhaul to prepare for a fight in the Pacific.The Air Force announced in February that it wants to…