A congressional committee will investigate comments against white Americans by an influential leader for Department of Defense (DOD) schools. The chief of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at the DOD’s school system announced she’d had enough of white people. According to military statistics, nearly 70 percent of the U.S. military was white in 2020. Kelisa…
Congress Presses Military School Administrator for Comments Against White People
Pentagon Pushing to Minimize Chinese Presence in Defense Department Supply Chains
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is taking steps to ensure that American defense companies decouple from supply chains involving China as much as possible. The American military’s reliance on Chinese inputs came into the spotlight earlier in September when the Pentagon halted deliveries of fifth generation F-35 fighter jets after it was found that…
DoD Watchdog to Investigate Potentially Dangerous Afghans Allowed Into US Despite Being on Watchlist
The Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is all set to investigate whistleblower allegations that hundreds of Afghan refugees were allowed into the United States despite appearing on the department’s Biometrically Enabled Watchlist (BEWL). “As part of our ongoing body of work on Afghan evacuees, we are initiating an evaluation, to commence…
‘Effective Immediately’ Do Not Wipe Phone Data: Pentagon Instructs All Personnel
The Pentagon has issued a memo asking personnel not to delete data on their phones, calling it a “solemn responsibility and legal obligation” of all federal employees, both military and civilian. In accordance with the Department of Defense (DoD) Instructions 5015.02 and 8170.01, personnel must retain text messages that are qualified as records as per…
Congress Grants Pentagon $58 Billion More Than Requested: DOD Report
US lawmakers granted the Department of Defense (DOD) more money than the Pentagon requested for in the fiscal 2022 defense budget, a recent Pentagon report shows. In total, Congress sanctioned $58.55 billion in additional funds, according to the report. This includes $25.70 billion for operations and maintenance, $17.67 billion for procurement, $9.89 billion for research,…
New Committee Head Appointed by Department of Defense to Address Military Suicides
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) announced May 17 that Gayle Iwamasa will lead the Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee, which addresses the issue of suicides in the American military. Iwamasa has served as a national director in the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs…
Iranian Helicopter Flies Very Close to U.S. Warship in Gulf of Oman
An Iranian navy helicopter flew very close to a United States warship in the Gulf of Oman in an incident that eventually ended without escalation, a Pentagon official said Nov. 15. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters the helicopter circled the U.S. Navy’s multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Essex three times, coming within 25 yards…
Iranian Helicopter Flies Very Close to US Warship in Gulf of Oman
An Iranian navy helicopter flew very close to a United States warship in the Gulf of Oman in an incident that eventually ended without escalation, a Pentagon official said Nov. 15. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters the helicopter circled the U.S. Navy’s multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Essex three times, coming within 25 yards…
Military Needs More Might to Fight Two Major Wars: Heritage Foundation
The U.S. military is in need of more resources if it is to continue being capable of fighting two major wars simultaneously, according to The Heritage Foundation’s 2022 Index of U.S. Military Strength. Started in 2015, The Heritage Foundation’s annual military index provides a sweeping overview of U.S. national security issues, as well as the military’s…
US Military Needs More Might to Fight 2 Major Conflicts: Heritage Foundation
The U.S. military is in need of more resources if it’s to continue the goal of being capable of fighting two major conflicts simultaneously, according to The Heritage Foundation’s 2022 Index of U.S. Military Strength. The Heritage Foundation’s annual military index, which was first released in 2015, provides a sweeping overview of U.S. national security issues,…
US News
RSS Error: A feed could not be found at `https://www.theepochtimes.com/c-us/feed`; the status code is `200` and content-type is `text/html; charset=utf-8`