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Foul play “not been ruled out” by White House after jet fuel-carrying tanker ship indirectly contracted to D.O.D. burns off east coast of UK.

President Donald Trump touted getting wokeness out of the United States military, as well as record recruitment numbers during his speech to a joint session of Congress.

Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell announced Monday evening that the DOGE team at the department has identified about $80 million in spending on diversity, equity, and inclusion that will likely be cut.

Defense reporters invited by Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell for an off-the-record meet-and-greet on Thursday broke ground rules and selectively leaked snippets from the meeting to columnist Oliver Darcy, who published their accounts the next day in his newsletter.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a video statement released Sunday, directed Department of Defense civilian employees to respond to an email from the Office of Personnel Management asking them to list five accomplishments from the prior week.

Under orders from the Trump administration, the Pentagon is deploying 3,000 more troops and armored Stryker vehicles to the U.S. border with Mexico.  The orders expand current operations and to “seal the border and protect the territorial integrity of the United States,” officials said.

A group of five partisan former defense secretaries — including one who signed the discredited letter calling the Hunter Biden laptop Russian disinformation — are calling on Congress to hold hearings on President Donald Trump’s firing of top generals.

Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell on Wednesday sent a memo to the entire department ordering the removal of all official online content promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in line with President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s priorities.

The Pentagon is preparing to fire more than 5,000 probationary workers from the Department of Defense’s (DoD) civilian department, according to several reports.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is working to “simplify” the federal government’s credit card program — which spent nearly $40 billion in Fiscal Year 2024 — announcing they will “report back” in one week after working to “reduce admin costs.”

Actress Julianne Moore has called the Department of Defense allegedly banning her book Freckleface Strawberry a surprising shock. 

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview that he has already picked investigators who will look into the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News he will “continually review” how to bring back troops who were kicked out or left due to the Biden administration’s COVID vaccine mandate.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview that he has seen the social media chatter about him running beside “the Hulk,” and is taking it in stride.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News on Thursday that the Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, is “already” looking at the Pentagon for wasteful spending.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Thursday that he is paying “very close attention” to who is executing the lawful orders from President Donald Trump and that woke generals “will have a different job in due time.”

The Defense Department maintained a $9,147,532 contract with Reuters between 2018 and 2022 for a “large scale social deception” and “active social engineering,” according to a purchase order posted by Elon Musk.

STUTTGART, Germany — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday used a visit to an American base in Germany to flag more military base names could be restored after bringing back “Fort Bragg” earlier this week.

The Trump Pentagon, in a memo Friday evening, announced it is kicking out CNN and three other news outlets from their desks inside the building to make space for conservative ones.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) on Thursday re-introduced a bill that would permanently eliminate top diversity positions at the Department of Defense, Breitbart News has exclusively learned.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem will visit the facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, that President Donald Trump wants to use to house 30,000 migrants as their deportations are pending, according to a report. A DHS official confirmed

The first military flight transporting migrants to the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp from El Paso for the Department of Homeland Security departed Biggs Army Airfield on Tuesday. The camp in Cuba is currently undergoing modifications that will allow for up to 30,000 migrants to be held at the facility located within the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends” that military strikes against Mexican cartels were “on the table.”

Breitbart Pentagon Correspondent Kristina Wong explains the big changes afoot at the Department of Defense under President Trump’s new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

President Donald Trump previewed four Department of Defense (DOD) executive orders he will soon sign while speaking before the House Republican Issues Conference on Monday.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday — his first full day on the job — that he will ensure that President Trump’s executive orders regarding the military are complied with “rapidly” and “without excuse.”

Ben & Jerry’s cofounder, Ben Cohen, launched a meme contest to find and highlight the most egregious waste at the Department of Defense.

Rumored Kentucky candidate for U.S. Senate Nate Morris slammed Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for voting against newly-confirmed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, arguing that Kentuckians deserve elected officials who “stand with President Trump and always tell it like it is.”

Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth got one step closer to confirmation after his nomination passed a major procedural hurdle on Thursday afternoon.

The Pentagon announced the Department of Defense will provide military airlift support to support the DHS in deporting detained illegal aliens. The United States Air Force will supply four aircraft to remove up to 5,000 aliens currently being detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday advanced the nomination of Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth to the full Senate, bringing him closer to being confirmed.

Democrats are likely to delay the confirmation of Pete Hegseth until after Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, leaving the Pentagon without a confirmed leader, according to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker.

CNN political commentator Scott Jennings said Tuesday on the network’s special coverage of the U.S. Senate’s cabinet confirmation hearings that President-elect Donald Trump’s Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth kicked Democrats’ asses during his questioning.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) stuck her foot in her mouth while trying to attack Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth during his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday.

The top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. Jack Reed, tried to give Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth different rules for his confirmation hearing than Biden’s Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin had.

Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth will appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his confirmation hearing on Tuesday, telling senators that he will be a “change agent” at the Pentagon unlike previous defense secretaries.