Toward the end of his unsettling speech to the nation’s generals and admirals last week, in which he effectively made the case that testosterone is the key to modern warfare, Defense Secretary Pete ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth fired chief of staff for the secretary of the Navy on Friday, according to media reports. The Pentagon confirmed Jon Harrison’s departure in a statement to ...

Navy chief of staff Jon Harrison was removed from his role on Friday in the latest Pentagon shakeup under War Secretary Pete Hegseth. “Jon Harrison will no longer serve as Chief of Staff to the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Defense Secretary Pete ...

Neither did a discussion of the new “National Defense Strategy,” which is due to be published soon. He did not address the possibility of new regional priorities for the War Department, for instance, ...

Adm. James Kilby, seen here as the acting chief of naval operations, testifying at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on June 24, 2025. (MC1 Joe J. Cardona Gonzalez/U.S. Navy) Adm. James Kilby is ...

About a month after Donald Trump first bragged about a military strike on a civilian boat in international waters that killed 11 people, the president spoke to the nation’s generals and admirals and ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s assertion Tuesday that newly proposed military fitness standards may exclude women from certain combat roles has reignited fears about his approach to women in the ...