Hegseth awards medal to soldier who reprimanded group near tomb
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth awarded a medal to the service member who reprimanded his group for making noise at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth awarded a medal to the service member who reprimanded his group for making noise at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon's top military planner, Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, a Pentagon official told CBS News.
At least 20 generals, admirals and civilian defense leaders have been fired or have departed their jobs since Pete Hegseth became defense secretary at the beginning of the second Trump administration.
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is resigning, the White House confirmed.
The decision to phase out the Army drone battalion comes amid tension between senior officers who envisioned the unit and the acting chief of staff of the Army.
The U.S. Army said Friday it is temporarily halting Apache helicopter training flights after two soldiers were killed earlier this week in a crash near Fort Hood, Texas.
Two soldiers aboard an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter based out of Fort Hood were killed in a crash on Wednesday, according to local authorities and the Army.
Gen. Chris Donahue had earned the ire of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, multiple sources told CBS News.
The U.S. and British militaries say one American soldier and one British soldier died during a training exercise in Iraq.
Survivors say they'd asked for more medical support before the Iranian drone strike that killed six U.S. soldiers at their command post in Kuwait in the war's first 24 hours.
The safety specialist's warning appeared in a memo describing how a mini-drone had detonated and injured an Army Special Forces soldier.
The Army identified the soldier as Spc. Mariyah Collington.
The Moroccan military recovered the body of one of two U.S. soldiers who went missing on May 2, the U.S. Army said.
Federal prosecutors say Courtney Williams divulged classified information to a reporter about her time in Delta Force, according to newly unsealed court documents.
One of the sources said Hegseth wants someone in the role who will implement President Trump and Hegseth's vision for the Army.
A command element and some ground forces are expected to be part of the Middle East deployment, according to a source familiar with the planning.
Since the start of the Iran war, 13 American service members have been killed.
Andrew Cully, Andrew Kraus, Donavon Scott and Jadalyn Good were part an elite team that does nighttime missions.
President Trump delivered remarks at the 250th Anniversary of the U.S. Army Grand Military Parade and Celebration, an event he envisioned.
Army guidelines instruct commanders and soldiers on interacting with and identifying service members with gender dysphoria as they leave the military.
In the past, the U.S. military informed families about the deaths of service members with a telegram. Julie Moore, whose husband served during the Vietnam War, led other Army wives to lobby for a more dignified way of informing families of the fallen.
U.S. Army Sgt. Ivor D. Thornton, 34, landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy in the second wave of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944.
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll will lead the ATF and plans to remain secretary of the Army.
The military announced in a social media post on Friday that it will no longer allow transgender people to enlist.
The Democratic Party nominee said Arlington National Cemetery is a "place where we come together to honor American heroes" and is "not a place for politics."
