More than $1 billion in military aid that the Biden administration has committed to Ukraine may be performing worse than anticipated, with some weapons being discarded entirely, according to reports and public accounting reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The Biden administration has committed…
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U.S. special operations troops stationed at a French military base in Chad have relocated to Germany after the government in N’Djamena threatened to boot all American forces from the country, a defense official said Wednesday. In April, Chadian officials alerted the U.S. defense attaché at…
Read More U.S. Withdraws Troops From Another African Country, Chad
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin insisted Tuesday that stationing troops off a humanitarian pier leading to Gaza does not count as having boots on land while leaving wide open the possibility of a live-fire exchange with attackers on the ground. The statement appears to undercut the Biden…
Read More Lloyd Austin Says Troops On Gaza Pier Are Not ‘Boots On The Ground’ After Pressed By Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz
The U.S. government is set to go on trial Monday in Hawaii for a case that began more than two years ago, when leaking jet fuel from a military storage site contaminated drinking water for thousands, according to The Associated Press. Seventeen “bellwether” plaintiffs representing more than…
Read More U.S. Goes On Trial For Military Fuel Leak That Allegedly Poisoned Thousands
Ukraine has withdrawn expensive U.S.-donated M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks from the front lines after Russian drones destroyed five of the heavy Western tanks it fought for months to obtain, The Associated Press reported Friday, citing U.S. officials. The U.S. agreed in early 2023 to deliver 31 Abrams tanks…
Read More Ukraine Sidelines Expensive US Tanks After Russian Drones Keep Attacking Them
Engineering sites where U.S. military personnel will soon begin constructing a humanitarian pier reportedly came under attack, the Israeli military and United Nations (U.N.) officials said Thursday, according to media reports. “Various terrorist organizations” lobbed mortar rounds at efforts on the location laying the groundwork…
Read More Biden’s Gaza Pier Site Reportedly Comes Under Attack As US Troops Prepare To Begin Construction
The recently confirmed Pentagon official in charge of testing and evaluating weapons programs for the entire U.S. military recused himself from any cases involving the number one American defense contractor, Lockheed Martin, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. Douglas Schmidt, Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (OTE), said he…
Read More Pentagon Weapons Testing Chief Recuses Himself From Projects With Largest US Defense Contractor
A watchdog group filed a lawsuit against the Air Force on Wednesday for allegedly withholding records shedding light on the service’s efforts to set racial diversity quotas when taking on new officers. Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., then Air Force’s top officer, updated demographic goals…
Read More U.S. Air Force Sued After Claiming It Has No Records On Officer Diversity Quotas
The military could seek to formally punish service members for refusing to use another service member’s preferred pronouns under existing policy, according to military experts. A 2020 Equal Opportunity law opened the door for commanders to subject someone who refuses to affirm a transgender servicemember’s…
Read More Military Could Hit Troops With Court-Martials For Refusing To Use Preferred Pronouns, Experts Say
Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall admitted to struggling for influence over the troubled F-35 advanced fighter jet when GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida pressed him on builder Lockheed Martin’s control of the program. A government watchdog investigation released April 15 reported that the F-35…
Read More Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz Gets Air Force Chief To Admit That Lockheed Martin Nearly Controls F-35 Fighter Jet Program