The Pentagon had just reduced its official list of military religious affiliation codes from more than 200 down to 31. Reasonable enough on its face. But buried in that new list was a classification scheme that placed certain faiths under a "Christian" label and left others off it entirely. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one of the largest faith communities in the country and one with deep roots in the American military, was not included among the religions the federal government had designated as Christian.
The House Armed Services Committee voted 29-27 along party lines Thursday night to codify President Trump's effort to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War, folding the change into the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act.
The Pentagon announced Monday it is suspending U.S. participation in the Permanent Joint Board on Defense, the principal forum for bilateral military cooperation between the United States and Canada, after accusing Ottawa of failing to follow through on its defense spending commitments.
The Pentagon on Wednesday signed framework agreements with five defense contractors to mass-produce thousands of low-cost cruise and hypersonic missiles, responding to a munitions shortage created by the ongoing conflict with Iran.
The Pentagon released never-before-seen files on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) as part of the PURSUE effort, or the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters.
