The president ordered the deployment of about 4,000 California National Guard troops and 700 active-duty Marines in early June to respond to a series of protests against immigration raids.

On Friday the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that the remains of U.S. Army Air Force 1st Lt. Wylie W. Leverett, 28, of Wortham, Texas, have been positively identified and his family has been notified of that fact.

The United States' need to secure a domestic supply of rare earth materials is a major driver for MP Materials stock. The recent Department of Defense partnership is great news for the company. Shares of rare earth materials and magnets company MP Materials (NYSE: MP) rose by 113.

The Philippine Defense Department says Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. renounced his Maltese citizenship and disclosed it to Filipino authorities before taking office.

The Department of Defense under Secretary Pete Hegseth has been fixated on buzzwords like “warfighting” and “warfighters,” and adopting new AI tools is part of that mission, according to leaders at the agency. And Monday’s press release was filled to the brim with similarly grandiose language.

The US Department of Defense (DoD) currently has only 25 percent of the interceptors needed for all its military plans, with conflicts in the Middle East contributing to the shortage.

The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved additional investments in the state shipyards, with billions allocated to shipbuilding programs and the procurement of new ships for the U.S. Navy.

At a May 7 ceremony at the Pentagon, the Defense Department presented Jacqueline Fox, Plans and Operations Specialist, Department of the Army, G-1,

Description A multicolored metal seal of the United States Department of Defense, owned by General Colin L. Powell. The large round enamel inner face of this emblem features a bright blue background. An American bald eagle is engraved in the center, facing to the right and clutching three crossed arrows in its talons.

The Department of Defense paid Harvard scientists to continue work on their research project, even after the Trump administration said they canceled the grant funding the study, the University claimed in a Friday filing for its lawsuit over the administration’s funding freezes.

Defense Secretary Hegseth announces major policy changes to accelerate Department of Defense drone procurement.