The Secretary of Defense, Dr. Mark T. Esper, signed a memo Tuesday to transition to a conditions-based phased approach to personnel movement and travel restrictions. While the COVID-19 pandemic still presents risk to Department of Defense service members, their families, and our civilian workforce,...

Statement attributed to Lt. Col. Mike Andrews, Department of Defense spokesman: First DoD Defense Production Act Title 3 COVID-19 project: $133 million investment will increase U.S. domestic N95 mask production by over 39 million over the next 90 days. “On the evening of April 10, the Department...

Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper has modified and accelerated the process for how the Department of Defense authorizes the use of National Guard forces under Title 32 Section 502(f). The modification creates a conditional pre-authorization in response to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requests...

DoD, March 25, 2020 – A U.S. Marine stationed at the Pentagon tested positive for COVID-19 on March 24. The Marine is in isolation at his home and will undergo further assessment by health professionals. His last day in the Pentagon was March 13. The Marine followed U.S. Centers for Disease Control...

OAKLAND – In a federal courtroom in Oakland, California, on Wednesday, the Department of Justice clashed with lawyers for the Sierra Club, the state of California and a slew of other states looking to block the Pentagon from diverting $3.6 billion from the military to build a southern border wall. Justice...

Photo courtesy of CNN On the 16th anniversary of 9/11, a look back at what happened during a terrorist attack that changed the course of history. Timeline and story courtesy of CNN Nineteen men hijacked four fuel-loaded US commercial airplanes bound for west coast destinations. A total of 2,977 people...

Early Tuesday morning the U.S. military conducted an airstrike against an al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula training camp in Yemen. The camp was located in the mountains and was being used by more than 70 AQAP terrorists. We continue to assess the results of the operation, but our initial assessment...

By Cheryl Pellerin | DoD News, Defense Media Activity   Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, greets NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg as they meet at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Photo: DoD The first face-to-face meeting of defense ministers from nations contributing to the fight against...

By Lisa Ferdinando | DoD News, Defense Media Activity   The United States World War One Centennial Commission has announced the winning design concept for a national memorial for what was known at the time as “The Great War.” The incredible service and sacrifice of those who served in World...

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced Tuesday that the remains of servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been accounted for and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors. Army Air Forces 1st Lts. William D. Bernier of Augusta,...