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Late in the afternoon of Sept. 11, 2001, Brockton Hunter, a defense attorney in Minnesota, was having drinks with a friend from law school. Hunter had served in the Army before becoming a lawyer; his friend had been in the CIA. The…

Despite previous calls from Ukraine for more attack aircraft, a top Pentagon official said the country isn’t interested in ex-U.S. Air Force A-10 Warthogs. “Ukraine hasn't expressed much interest. I think they, rightfully, are…

Nine months after the Pentagon stopped accepting new F-35s, the program has international consensus on a plan: resume taking the jets if their balky software upgrade can be released in a stable if limited form.That could come as early as…

The Army is on track to break a years-long losing streak and hit its recruitment goal of 55,000 new soldiers this year, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said during congressional testimony Tuesday. “I don't want to get overly…

The Air Force is using a brand-new authority to launch a pair of development efforts ahead of the next budget cycle, at least partially fulfilling the dreams of many who have chafed under the annual system. The service will start…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado—Top Pentagon officials defended their proposal to move space-focused units from the Air National Guard into the Space Force without the consent of governors, arguing that a Space National Guard doesn’t make…

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…