Defense

Mr. Dakota Meyer, senior adviser to the secretary of War, Barracks Task Force, speaks with sailors dressed in camo against his suit at Naval Air Station Pensacola's Jet Port Cafe galley during an Unaccompanied Housing tour onboard the installation, Nov. 3, 2026.

Hegseth adviser to barracks task force cites black mold, lack of hot water as common problems facing service members

Mike Brest · November 14, 2026 5:00 am

U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber takes off.

US troops respond to ‘unauthorized drone activity’ at UK air base

IDF Military Drone Unit seen training with drones near Kibbutz Merom Golan, on the Syrian border in northern Golan Heights, Israel on June 26, 2025.

US and Israel negotiating $3 billion aid payments through 2033, despite Trump saying aid will end this year

President Donald Trump's priorities on Capitol Hill.

Sailor assigned to Congress’s medical office had to cut lawmaker’s toenails

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins gives a fist bump to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on National Veterans Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026.

Hegseth awards medal to Arlington Guard sentinel who shouted at his party to keep quiet at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Tunnel vision: Israeli forces destroy Hamas’s vital underground infrastructure

Mike Brest November 24, 2023 12:00 pm

A woman looks at photographs of hostages, mostly Israeli civilians who were abducted during the Oct. 7, unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel, in Ramat Gan, Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023.

Israel-Hamas hostage release deal delayed until Friday

Mike Brest November 22, 2023 10:46 pm

Marines won’t be disciplined for brawl outside Austin restaurant

Mike Brest November 22, 2023 6:07 pm

A woman plasters photos of Israeli children from Kibbutz Kfar Azza missing and held captive in Gaza on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, in Tel Aviv, Israel. The hostages, mostly Israeli citizens, were kidnapped during an Oct. 7 Hamas cross-border attack in Israel and have been held in Gaza since then.

Anatomy of a deal: How the Israel-Hamas hostage negotiations played out

Mike Brest November 22, 2023 5:10 pm

UK navy admiral helps US with contingency force posture

Tom Rogan November 22, 2023 11:00 am

A U.S. soldiers stands on the tarmac before making his journey home from al-Asad airbase west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 1 , 2011. More than a decade later, and U.S. troops in Syria and Iraq have come under frequent attacks in October and November 2023 as tension boils in the Middle East with Israel's war against Hamas. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

US launches strikes targeting Iranian proxy facilities in Iraq following ballistic missile attack

Mike Brest November 22, 2023 2:46 am

Israel and Hamas agree to temporary ceasefire in exchange for release of 50 hostages

Mike Brest November 22, 2023 1:21 am

The Galaxy Leader is seen at the port of Koper, Slovenia on Sept. 16, 2008. Yemen's Houthi rebels seized the Israeli-linked cargo ship Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, in a crucial Red Sea shipping route, officials said, taking over two dozen crew members hostage and raising fears that regional tensions heightened over the Israel-Hamas war were playing out on a new maritime front.

US considers designating Houthis a terrorist organization after cargo ship hijacking

Mike Brest November 21, 2023 8:24 pm

A U.S. soldiers stands on the tarmac before making his journey home from al-Asad airbase west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 1 , 2011. More than a decade later, and U.S. troops in Syria and Iraq have come under frequent attacks in October and November 2023 as tension boils in the Middle East with Israel's war against Hamas. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

US military carries out deadly strike in Iraq after attack against US troops

Mike Brest November 21, 2023 7:54 pm

In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, July 19, 2022.

Russia may provide air defense capability to Iran or Hezbollah, US warns

Mike Brest November 21, 2023 6:54 pm

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021.

Pentagon has lost four years on modernization due to Congress’s continuing resolutions

Mike Brest November 21, 2023 5:26 pm

Israel-Hamas hostage negotiations are ‘closest we’ve been to a deal,’ US official says

Mike Brest November 21, 2023 5:05 pm