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SAN DIEGO—Sailors aboard the USS Stockdale were tapping threat data analysis from a local naval base hours before their destroyer came under attack by Houthis in the Red Sea—and it was a “game changer,” the deputy commander of U.S. Central…

Army helo, passenger jet collide over DC: Three soldiers on a Black Hawk and all 64 people aboard an airliner are feared dead after the UH-60 and an American Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet collided, then crashed into the Potomac…

A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter out of Fort Belvoir, Virginia, collided with a passenger aircraft preparing to land at Reagan National Airport on Wednesday evening shortly before 9 p.m. The helicopter was carrying three service members…

Update: U.S. Army contracting is not on hold, the Defense Department said Tuesday in an attempt to clear up confusion stemming from email guidance that circulated in anticipation of an administration memo to get all “financial assistance”…

Developing: SecDef Hegseth pauses all new Army contracting, pending a review. The review, which is specifically looking for diversity, equity and inclusion provisions in requirements, could take as little as 10 days, two sources told…

President Trump threatened Colombia with tariffs and sanctions after the country’s leader briefly halted U.S. Air Force deportation flights over the weekend, demanding U.S. officials treat the deported migrants with dignity instead of…

The Air Force has long struggled with a shortage of fighter pilots, with 1,150 empty billets in 2024, and aviators leaving the service in droves. How can they turn things around? Buy more planes and keep more pilots in its reserve…

Hegseth’s big day: Pete Hegseth is expected to become America’s 29th defense secretary in a full Senate vote expected Friday evening. His nomination progressed in a procedural vote Thursday, with 51 of the upper chamber’s 53 Republicans…

Originally published by The 19th.Pete Hegseth told Sen. Elizabeth Warren that he paid $50,000 to a woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her. He has said he was falsely accused over the incident, which became a focus of Democrats in…

New: The Pentagon is sending 1,500 service members to the country’s southern border in the first of what will be several waves of troops that could rise to 10,000 in the coming weeks. That first batch is expected to include 1,000 soldiers…