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The first woman to lead a branch of the armed forces was relieved of command within 24 hours of President Trump's inauguration. The Trump administration fired the commandant of the [...]

Pete Hegseth emerged from a Senate committee hearing with the support of the Republican Party intact following weeks of scrutiny over his qualifications and allegations of misconduct. Pete Hegseth, President-elect [...]

In an impassioned address to officials from countries supporting Ukraine, Mr. Zelensky said ''a new chapter'' would be starting for Europe and the rest of the world, requiring even more [...]

The White House seized a rare chance to undermine Russia and build up regional allies as it built a coalition to support the Ukrainians. Just weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine [...]

A civilian team at a base in Maryland disposed of Syrian toxins a decade ago after hundreds of people were killed in a nerve agent attack. Since armed rebels entered [...]

At exactly 1 p.m. on Oct. 7, 2023, Israel's military leadership issued an order that unleashed one of the most intense bombing campaigns in contemporary warfare. Effective immediately, the order [...]

They include a billionaire investor who supported Mr. Trump's campaign, a former official who froze aid to Ukraine and a former executive at Uber. President-elect Donald J. Trump plans to [...]

Corruption investigations may have shaken Beijing's confidence in top commanders, but China's military expansion hasn't slowed, a report found. China's nuclear arsenal and other elements of its armed forces have [...]

The package, the largest since April, comes amid deep concerns in Ukraine that the Trump administration may cut off aid. The president-elect has vowed to end the war quickly, but [...]

The Biden administration has agreed to send the weapons to Ukraine, despite their reputation for killing and maiming civilians. President Biden has authorized the delivery of U.S.-made anti-personnel mines to [...]

In a major policy shift, the Biden administration has authorized Ukraine to use the ballistic missiles within Russia. For the first time, the Biden administration has authorized Ukraine to use [...]

More than 800 service members administratively separated from the military under the now-repealed policy will receive discharge upgrades. The Pentagon announced on Tuesday that more than 800 service members who [...]

Much of the public discourse about arming Ukraine has revolved around whether the United States will send 'long range' weapons. But that can mean different things. There are roughly 500 [...]

Russia has received new shipments of Hwasong-11 short-range ballistic missiles, according to a new report. North Korea has continued to supply advanced short-range ballistic missiles to Russia in defiance of [...]

In a military career that spanned three decades, Tim Walz achieved one of the highest enlisted ranks in the Army. Some peers took issue with the timing of his retirement. [...]

A report by independent investigators said that Russian cruise missiles were used in combat sometimes just weeks after rolling off the factory floor. The Russian cruise missile that slammed into [...]

The men had objected to working until safety concerns were addressed following an explosion at a port near San Francisco that claimed hundreds of lives. On July 17, 1944, hundreds […]

A report obtained by The Times detailed the bombs' rudimentary construction, made with the kind of initiators used for fireworks shows. Following the killing of the gunman who tried to [...]

Family members of Pvt. Philip G. Shadrach and Pvt. George D. Wilson received the nation's highest decoration for combat valor. The plan was bold, but ultimately doomed. In the spring [...]

Officials said there was no specific intelligence about possible Russian attacks on American bases, but Moscow has made vague threats over Ukraine's use of long-range weapons on its territory. American [...]

A White House spokesman said Ukraine had a critical need for the air defense systems. But the United States has only a limited supply. The Biden administration will rush advanced [...]

In recent years, one of Haiti's most powerful and best armed gangs, 5 Segonn, promoted itself with brash rap videos posted on social media. But videos and photos recently posted [...]

In a warehouse off Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway in an industrial area outside Dallas, the future of American military ammunition production is coming online. Here, in the Pentagon's first new [...]

While assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency, Maj. Harrison Mann said he was enabling policies that violated his conscience. An Army officer assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency has resigned [...]

The one-ton Mark 84 bomb was designed shortly after World War II. Adding guidance kits has kept it in use for more than 70 years. When President Biden threatened to [...]

The Biden administration has strengthened military cooperation with Japan, the Philippines and Australia to try to create a Pacific presence that intimidates Chinese commanders. U.S. officials have long seen their [...]

The soldier was apprehended in Vladivostok on charges of criminal misconduct, in a case that is likely to aggravate the contentious relationship between Moscow and Washington. A U.S. Army soldier [...]

Since pulling out of an arms-limitation agreement with Russia in 2019, the U.S. has quickly developed new weapons that could be used to stop a Chinese invasion force. During a [...]

Ukraine accused Russia of using a cluster weapon in a civilian area on Monday, killing five people. A strike on Wednesday killed three others, an official said. A Ukrainian official [...]

The funds will allow Kyiv to purchase weapons directly from American defense companies. The United States will give Ukraine $6 billion to purchase military hardware directly from American defense companies, [...]

What would $60 billion buy? Lots of air-defense missiles and artillery ammunition, according to the Pentagon. Shipments of American weapons could begin flowing to Ukraine again soon after a long-stalled [...]

In January 2020, Iran's top general, Qassim Suleimani, was killed near the Baghdad airport in a U.S. drone strike authorized by President Donald J. Trump. U.S. officials had accused General [...]

For most of his life, Bernie Bluestein was not allowed to say anything about what he did during World War II in Western Europe. Mr. Bluestein was a sophomore at [...]

The episode happened as the service's No. 2 position has been left unfilled because of a senator's blockade on promotions of senior military officers. Gen. Eric M. Smith, the Marine [...]

The Army is also accusing Pvt. Travis T. King of other crimes including assaulting other soldiers and child pornography, according to a charging document. Pvt. Travis T. King, the American [...]

Josh Paul spent more than 11 years as the director of congressional and public affairs at the bureau that oversees arms transfers to foreign nations. A State Department official in [...]

Josh Paul spent more than 11 years as the director of congressional and public affairs at the bureau that oversees arms transfers to foreign nations. A State Department official in [...]

Ukrainian forces attacked two key Russian air bases behind enemy lines on Tuesday, using American-made long-range missiles known as ATACMS, a U.S. official said. Ukraine's forces used newly supplied American [...]

The Pentagon said the drone had been observed carrying out airstrikes shortly before flying within about 550 yards of U.S. forces. An American F-16 fighter jet shot down a Turkish [...]

The Sept. 6 missile strike on Kostiantynivka in eastern Ukraine was one of the deadliest in the country in months, killing at least 15 civilians and injuring more than 30 [...]

The mother of a Marine and two veterans who served in Iraq reflect on the U.S. decision to send failure-prone shells to help the Ukrainian military battle Russia. In the [...]

Called the Geran-2, the drones are a Russian-made version of the Shahed-136, which explodes on impact, researchers say. Russia has begun making copies of attack drones it acquired from Iran [...]

If confirmed, Admiral Franchetti, who currently serves as the Navy's second in command, would become the first woman to lead the service in its 247-year history. Since the days of [...]

The service member is the first known American to be held in North Korean custody since Bruce Byron Lowrance was detained for a month after illegally entering the country from [...]

The Pentagon's statements indicate that the cluster munitions that will be sent to Ukraine contain older grenades known to have a failure rate of 14 percent or more. When the [...]

Decades behind its initial schedule, the dangerous job of eliminating the world's only remaining declared stockpile of lethal chemical munitions will be completed as soon as Friday. In a sealed [...]

The U.S. Coast Guard acknowledged it had failed for almost two decades to properly investigate sexual assault allegations at the service's academy or hold perpetrators accountable. The U.S. Coast Guard [...]

Human Rights Watch found evidence in May that Ukrainian soldiers had fired 15 rockets at Russian forces, each containing hundreds of small antipersonnel land mines. Ukrainian soldiers fired artillery rockets [...]

The previously unreported shipments between a state-owned Chinese company and a Russian munitions factory last year raise new questions about Beijing's role in Russia's war against Ukraine. On two separate [...]

Kicked out of the Navy in 1940 for publicly criticizing the racist abuse they suffered on their warship, 15 Black men were posthumously exonerated at the Pentagon on Friday. Just [...]