For the second time, the killing of George Floyd by a police officer has brought about a breakage between President Trump and the American military’s […]
Tag: United States Defense and Military Forces
Hegseth Fires Military’s Top JAG Lawyers in Pursuit of ‘Warrior Ethos’
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to fire the top lawyers for the Army, Navy and Air Force represents an opening salvo in his push to […]
Pete Hegseth Fires Adm. Lisa Franchetti, Navy’s Top Officer
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that he was firing Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the first female officer to rise to the Navy’s top job […]
Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Flurry of Dismissals at Pentagon
President Trump fired the country’s senior military officer on Friday after weeks of turmoil at the Pentagon, injecting politics into selecting the nation’s top military […]
Defense Department to Cut Over 5,000 Workers
The Pentagon said on Friday that it would fire 5,400 civilian probationary workers starting next week, in the first of what officials say will likely […]
Dan Caine, Trump’s Joint Chiefs Pick, Had Unusual Path to Top Ranks
In President Trump’s telling, Dan Caine, the retired Air Force lieutenant general whom he wants to be his next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of […]
West Point Bans Student Clubs After Trump D.E.I. Executive Order
Vincent Vu helped found the Vietnamese-American Cadet Association at the United States Military Academy at West Point while he was a cadet, in 2015. West […]
West Point Disbands Clubs for Women and Minorities After Trump DEI Orders
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point has ordered 12 officially sanctioned clubs for women and ethnic or racial groups to shut down immediately, in […]
Navy SEAL Whose Lacrosse Workout Left Tufts Players Hospitalized Is Called Unqualified
An active-duty Navy SEAL who led a grueling training session for the Tufts University men’s lacrosse team last year that led to the hospitalization of […]
Hegseth’s Views May Clash With Reality at Defense Department
Pete Hegseth, the newly confirmed defense secretary, has pledged to restore “the warrior ethos” to the U.S. military, which he believes has been weakened by […]