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  • Marine recruitsSuccess

    ‘We’re not allowed to talk to the males’: Inside the Marines’ tortured battle to integrate basic training by gender

    By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press, and others
  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, pats Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., on his shoulder as he answers questions from reporters after arriving at the Pentagon, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)Politics

    Trump signs executive order that likely will lead to a ban on transgender troops in the U.S. military

    By Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor, and others
  • Members of the Mexican National Guard patrol as construction crews replace sections of one of two border walls separating Mexico from the United States, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)Politics

    Pentagon has begun deploying 1,500 active duty troops to secure the U.S.-Mexico border

    By Lolita C. Baldor, Tara Copp, and others
  • File – President Donald Trump appears on Fox & Friends co-host Pete Hegseth at a Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)Politics

    Pentagon stunned by Trump’s nomination of Fox News host as defense secretary

    By Lolita C. Baldor, Tara Copp, and others
  • troops with missile launcherPolitics

    US will send THAAD missile defense system to Israel amid Iran threat

    By Lolita C. Baldor and The Associated Press
  • Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the the Summit of the Future at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)Politics

    U.S. will send Ukraine $375 million in military aid—including medium-range cluster bombs

    By Lolita C. Baldor, Matthew Lee, and others
  • This image from video released by the U.S. Army, shows a frame from a haunting new video, released on May 2, 2024, in the latest effort by the Army to lure soldiers to some of its more secretive units. Hints of its origin are tucked into the frames as they flash by touting the power of words, ideas and “invisible hands.” Army Special Operations Command hopes that those drawn to the video may be interested in joining as one of its psychological warfare soldiers. (U.S. Army via AP)Success

    Army releases unsettling ad with haunting, nightmarish images and subliminal messaging to fill its hardest vacancy: psyops

    By Lolita C. Baldor and The Associated Press
  • Lloyd AustinPolitics

    America hits Iran and its affiliates with dozens of strikes on sites in Iraq, Syria after 3 U.S. troops die in Jordan

    By Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor, and others
  • Lloyd AustinPolitics

    Pentagon goes to Ukraine ally meeting with no money in hand after Congress fails to act—but NATO has a $1.2 billion deal

    By Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor, and others
  • HouthiPolitics

    U.S. military bombs Houthi sites in Yemen for a 4th time as attacks on Red Sea shipping persist

    By Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor, and others
  • Rishi Sunak, Joe BidenPolitics

    American, British militaries bomb 16 sites in Yemen, targeting Houthis who have disrupted international trade in Red Sea

    By Lolita C. Baldor, Tara Copp, and others
  • ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – MAY 25: U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon May 25, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. Austin and Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, briefed members of the press following an online session of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Health

    Defense Secretary Austin was treated for prostate cancer and a urinary tract infection, doctors say

    By Lolita C. Baldor, Tara Copp, and others
  • Lloyd AustinPolitics

    Defense Secretary, who was first hospitalized Dec. 22, under review from both Pentagon and White House for unusual secrecy

    By Lolita C. Baldor, Seung Min Kim, and others
  • Lloyd AustinPolitics

    White House was out of the loop all week on Defense Secretary’s multi-day hospitalization, officials say

    By Lolita C. Baldor and The Associated Press
  • Lloyd AustinPolitics

    Press group calls Friday news dump of Defense Secretary’s 5-day hospitalization an ‘outrage,’ while White House doesn’t say when it knew

    By Lolita C. Baldor and The Associated Press