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RIP, “5 things” email across DOD. After this week, Defense Department civilians will no longer have to submit an email list of five things they accomplished over the previous week, according to a Friday email that ends a requirement the…

After three nights of “record-breaking” Russian missile and drone strikes in Ukraine, Poland’s military chief is visiting the Pentagon. Minister of Defense Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz and his team dropped by shortly before 10 a.m. ET for…

A data-management-software firm whose clients include global corporate heavyweights was compromised by Chinese hackers that accessed the firm’s enterprise cloud systems and targeted its customers’ application secrets, according to a…

HONOLULU—That U.S. Army leaders would extol the importance of land forces, even in a theater dominated by water, is as predictable as the Pacific tides. But for a naval aviator to do so? That’s a bit more surprising.“Yes, the region is…

The Trump administration is considering shifting 4,500 troops from South Korea to other locations across the Pacific, including Guam, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Context: The Trump team is looking to reduce U.S. troop…

Space Force is losing 14% of its civilian workers to SecDef Pete Hegseth’s hurry-up effort to cut Pentagon headcount. That’s a higher proportion than the rest of the Defense Department, whose overall civilian workforce Hegseth is trying to…

President Trump says his lofty “Golden Dome” missile-defense project will cost $175 billion and be ready in just three years, but experts said those cost and schedule projections were likely far too low.The project will involve…

HONOLULU—Military casualty care in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars aimed to fly wounded troops to a hospital within “the golden hour.” But such quick medevacs are unrealistic in the vast Pacific.“You can’t fly anywhere in an hour, and you may…

The Navy’s top officer said U.S. forces carried out “the largest air strike in the history of the world” during recent operations near Somalia. Acting Chief of Naval Operations Adm. James Kilby shared the extraordinary remarks Monday…

Russia’s military carried out its “largest single drone strike of the war against Ukraine” early Sunday morning. The attacks killed at least one woman after the munitions fell across eastern, northern, and central parts of the country,…