James Mattis

Erratic, impulsive, and dangerous: Trump’s legacy as commander-in-chief

A man without a country.

10 former defense secretaries call on Pentagon leaders to keep the military out of election politics

"The time for questioning the results has passed."

There’s a battle brewing in Congress over Biden’s defense secretary pick

Retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin left active duty in 2016.

Mattis to Trump: Now’s the time to unify America, not divide it

In his first public comments since Election Day, retired Marine general and former defense secretary James Mattis sent a clear...

DoD leaders host vice president for ceremony at National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial in 2019

James Mattis describes the kill radius of his knife hand

What's the kill radius of former Defense Secretary James Mattis' knife hand? Mattis himself answers

6 smart habits of the US military’s most successful commanders

We need a few good men and women with leadership experience — and what better leadership school than the U.S....

Your friendly neighbor Jim Mattis wants you to wear a face mask

Jim Mattis wants you... to wear a face mask during the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, so we can beat this...

Remembering the ‘losers,’ ‘liars,’ and ‘dopes’ once known as President Trump’s ‘very best people’

So why did he hire them?

Trump: the US ‘never really fought to win’ in Afghanistan

"Except at the beginning, we never really fought to win."

US Troops to Pull Out of Syria

On October 8, 2019, the United States announced plans to pull its remaining troops out of northeast Syria.

We salute the Marine private who hacked James Mattis’ email to impress a date

How far would you go to win the affection of the one you love? Not as far as this Marine...

‘Cynicism is cowardice’ — Mattis explains how American democracy can truly fix itself

Americans' eroding trust in all forms of government has made it impossible to solve the most serious problems facing the...

A lawmaker wants to award Mattis the Congressional Gold Medal

The award has previously been bestowed on George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, Douglas MacArthur and Harry S Truman

What withdrawal? US moving ‘some mechanized forces’ into eastern Syria to protect oil fields, Esper says

"If ISIS has access to the resources – and therefore the means to procure arms or buy fighters or whatever...

11 of the best bits from the book James Mattis doesn’t want you to read

There's a new book detailing the inside story of what it was like during James Mattis' tenure as defense secretary,...

‘I’m the Meryl Streep of generals’ — Mattis hits back at Trump for calling him the ‘world’s most overrated general’

Former Defense Secretary James Mattis decided to take on President Donald Trump's reported assertion that he is "overrated" at the...

Trump reportedly called Mattis the ‘world’s most overrated general’ in a chaotic Syria meeting

The account from numerous officials came during an afternoon closed door meeting with congressional leaders in the Cabinet Room of...

Mattis warns of ISIS comeback in wake of Trump pullout in Syria

Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is warning that it's "absolutely a given" that ISIS will come back if the U.S....

Trump announces the US is leaving its Kurdish allies in Syria at the mercy of Turkey

For the second time in 10 months, President Donald Trump has acquiesced to Turkish demands to move U.S. forces out...

Trump claims Mattis asked for a military operation to be delayed due to an ‘ammo shortage’

"I said: 'You know what, general, I never want to hear that again from another general. No president should ever,...

Trump fires John Bolton as his national security advisor

Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Jim Mattis says he won’t be running for president in 2020 and that he’s eager to see ‘fresh ideas’

Former Defense Secretary and retired four-star Marine Corps general Jim Mattis said he will not be running for president in...

10 things you didn’t know about Mattis from his new memoir ‘Call Sign Chaos’

The book, styled as a three-part course in leadership tracing Mattis' 40-year career from Marine infantryman to head of U.S....

Mattis still has concerns about women serving in combat units

Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis suggested Tuesday that the nation should think again about putting young men and women together...