Category: Pentagon

Off-Duty Pentagon Officer Charged in Fatal Shooting of 2 Robbery Suspects in Maryland

A Pentagon police officer who tried to stop a car robbery has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder in relation to the deaths of two people in Maryland earlier this week, police said.


California Military Base Could Be Used to House Unaccompanied Children: Pentagon

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) asked the Department of Defense (DOD) to house more unaccompanied children who arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border in the midst of an influx in illegal immigration, said a spokesperson for the Pentagon. “We have received a request for assistance from HHS for the potential use of Camp…


Pentagon Reviewing HHS Request for Another Military Base to House Unaccompanied Children

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) asked the Department of Defense (DOD) to house more unaccompanied children who arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border in the midst of an influx in illegal immigration, said a spokesperson for the Pentagon. “We have received a request for assistance from HHS for the potential use of Camp…


Pentagon Releases Policy Updates for Transgender People in Military Service

The Pentagon on Wednesday announced policy updates regarding transgender people serving in the military, to align with President Joe Biden’s executive orders issued earlier this year. The updated policies prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity, including a person’s self-identification as transgender; allow people to serve in the military in their self-identified gender, as…


Pentagon Releases Policy Updates for Transgender People in US Military

The Pentagon has announced policy updates regarding transgender people serving in the U.S. military, to align with President Joe Biden’s executive orders issued earlier this year. The updated policies prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity, including a person’s self-identification as transgender; allow people to serve in the military in their self-identified gender, as…


Pentagon ‘Not Able to Answer’ If Workplace BLM Advocacy Is Partisan

Defense Department press secretary John Kirby said Monday that he was unable to answer whether it is considered politically partisan for service members to advocate for Black Lives Matter (BLM) while at work. Asked at a press briefing whether workplace BLM talk was “considered partisan,” Kirby said he was “not able to answer that question”…


China Could Invade Taiwan in Near Future: US Admiral

Taiwan is facing a more imminent threat from a possible Chinese invasion than most people realize, said U.S. Adm. John Aquilino during his nomination hearing on Tuesday. Aquilino is nominated to become commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), succeeding current commander Adm. Philip Davidson. On Tuesday, while testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee,…


Pentagon’s Report Will Contain More Information on UFOs Than Previously Made Public: Ratcliffe

A former Trump administration intelligence official said the U.S. government plans to release a declassified report sharing more information about UFO sightings than has previously been done. “There are a lot more sightings than have been made public,” former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe told Fox News host Maria Bartiromo on March 19. He…


Why Is Our Military Choosing New Enemies?

Commentary The U.S. military has turned its wrath inward on Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin expressed his “revulsion” after Carlson questioned the role of women in combat. Keeping women mostly out of combat had been the U.S. military’s centuries-long orthodoxy until just a few years ago. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby…


Tucker Carlson-Military Spat Shows Left’s Long March Reaching Dangerous Apex

Commentary Is the military more focused on winning wars, or Wokeism? Americans should not have to ask this question. But on account of doings of the Biden-led Department of Defense (DoD), Fox News’ Tucker Carlson was rightly compelled to proffer it. That he received any DoD response—and no less an almost parodic scolding, rather than…