ABOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Under a starry sky, U.S. Navy fighter jets catapulted off the aircraft carrier’s deck and flew north over the darkened waters...
WASHINGTON: It has the makings of a new Cold War, or worse. The deep chill in U.S.-Russian relations is stirring concern in some quarters that Washington and...
WASHINGTON: The extraordinary resignation letter that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis handed to a surprised President Donald Trump was not just a product of two...
WASHINGTON: With his demand that the Pentagon create a new military service a Space Force to assure “American dominance in space” U.S. President Donald Trump...
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump wants a Space Force, a new military service he says is needed to ensure U.S. dominance in space. But the idea is gaining...
WASHINGTON: One airman said he felt paranoia. Another marveled at the vibrant colors. A third admitted, “I absolutely just loved altering my mind.” Meet...
WASHINGTON: Of all the issues that divide U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and President Donald Trump’s incoming national security adviser, John Bolton, one...
WASHINGTON: Russia’s claim to have developed new strategic weapons impervious to Western defenses seems unlikely to change the balance of global power....
WASHINGTON: The B-52, which people have called “aging” seemingly for ages, is now likely to outlive its younger, snazzier brother bombers, the swing-wing B-1...
WASHINGTON: It’s the biggest budget the Pentagon has ever seen: $700 billion. That’s far more in defense spending than America’s two nearest competitors,...
WASHINGTON: There’s a place for arms control in the Trump administration’s new nuclear strategy. It’s a very small place.“Progress in arms control is not an...
WASHINGTON: It’s hard to overstate how thoroughly the U.S. military has prepared for doomsday – the day America gets into a nuclear shooting war. No detail...
WASHINGTON: The Army's top general says his service failed in a "significant" number of cases to report soldiers' criminal history to the FBI.Gen. Mark Milley...
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has thrown a cloak of secrecy over assessments of the safety and security of its nuclear weapons operations, a part of the military...
WASHINGTON: The United States is looking ahead toward a decisive battleground in its bid to destroy Daesh (ISIS), even as U.S.-backed local forces must still...
WASHINGTON: The Air Force is quietly shrinking its deployed force of land-based nuclear missiles as part of a holdover Obama administration plan to comply...
WASHINGTON: A new military strategy to meet President Donald Trump’s demand to “obliterate” Daesh (ISIS) is likely to deepen U.S. military involvement in...
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has chosen as his national security adviser a soldier-scholar who fought in both Iraq wars and wrote an influential book...
WASHINGTON: Sending thousands more American troops into Iraq or Syria in a bid to accelerate the defeat of Daesh (ISIS) would push U.S. allies to the exits,...
WASHINGTON: In November 2012, shortly before the White House ended his tenure commanding U.S. forces in the Middle East, Marine Gen. James Mattis delivered an...
WASHINGTON: The military parade for president-elect Donald Trump has come early. Two months before Inauguration Day festivities, an extraordinary number of...
WASHINGTON: Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, the man Donald Trump has picked to be his national security adviser, built a reputation in the Army as an astute...
WASHINGTON: More is riding on the battle for Mosul than the recapture of Daesh’s (ISIS) main stronghold in northern Iraq. Also on the line is the Obama...
WASHINGTON: As defense secretary to a president who famously envisioned “a world without nuclear weapons,” Ash Carter has said remarkably little about them....
WASHINGTON: The top commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East sharply criticized Iran on Tuesday for recent high-speed maneuvers by Iranian patrol boats in...