President Donald Trump is proposing a 13% increase in defense spending for fiscal year 2026, pushing the Pentagon’s budget past the $1 trillion mark for the first time in U.S. history. The “skinny budget” plan, obtained by Air & Space Forces Magazine, outlines national security goals focused on deterring China, strengthening homeland defense, and revitalizing the defense industrial base.
The U.S. Army will commemorate its 250th anniversary with a grand military parade on June 14, 2025, coinciding with President Donald Trump's 79th birthday.
An F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet fell overboard from the USS Harry S. Truman into the Red Sea on Monday, resulting in a staggering $56 million loss.
Israeli defense innovations continue to play a critical role in strengthening the United States military, according to a new report from the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS). Battlefield-tested technologies from Israel have repeatedly enhanced American warfighting strength, providing key advantages in protection, technology, and battlefield dominance.
Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), the longest-serving enlisted military member ever elected to Congress, defended enhanced U.S. military standards, arguing they are crucial for national security. Speaking on Breitbart News Daily, Van Orden dismissed claims that new standards are intended to exclude women, calling such arguments "a red herring" and "baloney."
The Trump administration has requested that the Supreme Court review a lower court ruling that blocked its ban on transgender individuals in the military.
Two U.S. service members were killed and another seriously injured in a military vehicle crash Tuesday morning while supporting border operations near El Paso, Texas.
Dan Caldwell, a senior adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has been placed on administrative leave and escorted from the Pentagon as part of an ongoing investigation into unauthorized disclosures of sensitive information within the Department of Defense.
The Department of Defense (DOD) announced that it has begun the process of reinstating service members who were removed after refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine.