Defense Department

"Please, don’t leave them behind.”

'We will not flinch when our interests are threatened yet we do not seek confrontation.'

"No 'mission accomplished.'"

“The very persons they trusted the most betrayed that trust.”

Austin’s forty years in the military represent both the risk of inertia and a real opportunity to address serious issues.

Something in the military is actually voluntary?

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin

The U.S. military will still be able to carry out counterterrorism strikes within Somalia.

Military aviation accidents have killed 224 pilots or aircrew, destroyed 186 aircraft and cost more than $11.6 billion since 2013

The circumstances surrounding Christopher Maier’s departure remain murky.

Members of the Biden transition with security clearances to finally talk to officials in the current administration and receive classified briefings

Scott O’Grady is, by all measures, a man of remarkable resolve — except when it comes to criticism on Twitter, it seems

'I have directed the special operations civilian leadership to report directly to me instead of through the current bureaucratic channels'

Retired Army Col. Douglas Macgregor, newly-appointed as a senior adviser at the Pentagon, has a track record of making controversial statements. But his most provocative of all might be a proposal to do away with the U.S. Marine Corps

"We are not a people of perpetual war - it is the antithesis of everything for which we stand and for which our ancestors fought," wrote Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller in his initial message to the force on Friday. "All wars must end."

Miller is a former Green Beret who served with 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

"I serve the country in deference to the Constitution, so I accept your decision to replace me."

Welp

I can't decide if this is an atrocity or a work of art

President Donald Trump has ridiculed his top generals, ignoring their advice on some key issues and questioning their intelligence, courage and commitment to U.S. service members

The U.S. is the top exporter of arms in the world, but Trump's effort to blame military leaders, which includes people nominated by him, is at odds with his administration's well-documented record of arms sales

"We take this very, very seriously."

After failing to secure a Senate confirmation hearing, U.S. President Donald Trump's most divisive nominee for a Pentagon position so far has taken a different, less-senior policy role at the Defense Department, a spokeswoman said on Sunday

President Donald Trump says the U.S. military has an elaborate plan to distribute a coronavirus vaccine across the country at rapid speed. But defense and administration officials say otherwise

Defense Secretary Mark Esper has made the Trump administration aware of his concerns with the appropriation of the U.S. military's uniforms by law enforcement agencies as they face off with protesters in cities like Portland, Oregon