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Marine Corps Commandant Eric Smith on Monday issued a two-day aviation stand-down for all Marine aviation units inside and outside the United States after an F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter jet went missing the day before.

Republicans in the House and Senate aim to pass a defense policy bill that would not only raise troop pay by 5.2% but would shred wokeness in the military and the entire Department of Defense (DOD) bureaucracy if it becomes law.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., who will replace Milley, downplayed an August 2022 memo setting applicant pool goals by race.

Republicans in the House and Senate Armed Services Committees took a buzzsaw to wokeness in the military this week, advancing defense bills that will cut down Biden administration’s efforts to push race and gender-based training and initiatives throughout the Department of Defense.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin lauded the “service, commitment, and sacrifice” of LGBTQ+ troops and personnel in a statement released Thursday to make the beginning of Pride Month.

Rubio and Daines on Wednesday introduced a bill that would ban the Pentagon from spending taxpayer funds on drag queen performances.

Kash Patel, former chief of staff at the Pentagon and former deputy director of National Intelligence, is suing the Department of Defense (DOD) for “obstructing and infringing” on his right to publish unclassified information in his upcoming book,” according to a complaint exclusively obtained by Breitbart News.

President Joe Biden on Saturday ordered the evacuation of U.S. embassy staff in Khartoum, Sudan, amid worsening fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, a rival paramilitary force.

The Pentagon is not sure how many more leaked documents exist on the internet, its deputy press secretary revealed Monday.

The suspected Pentagon leaker, a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman, was arrested on Thursday, according to Attorney General Merrick Garland.

The New York Times revealed the name of the leader of an online gaming group where classified Pentagon leaks first reportedly appeared.

Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin told House lawmakers during a hearing Wednesday he has “no regrets” on the disastrous and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Gaetz grilled Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on drag queen story hours and drag queen shows being hosted at U.S. military bases.

The Biden Pentagon on Thursday defended its recently-established policy to use American taxpayer money to pay for troops’ travel and accommodations when seeking abortions, in response to Republican arguments that it violates the Hyde Amendment.

Biden Pentagon officials in charge of military personnel policy defended pushing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in the United States military during a House hearing on Thursday, arguing that it would make the military stronger, not more divided. However, they were short on data to back up their arguments.

Some of the billions of dollars of weapons the United States has sent to Ukraine has fallen into Iranian hands, a report Friday details.

The Biden administration released its nearly $7 trillion 2024 budget request to Congress on Thursday, which included $886 billion for defense — a 3.2 percent boost from the prior year’s defense budget.

Sen. Roger Wicker is planning to denounce the Biden Pentagon’s woke and pro-choice agenda, according to excerpts of a speech obtained by Breitbart News.

In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News on Friday, conservative radio host and best-selling author Michael Savage responded to alleged attempts by NewsGuard — a company that claims to track online “misinformation” — to directly pressure his ad agency to drop his podcast.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has downplayed the chances of a military victory for Ukraine, saying the war would likely end with negotiations.

Tesla and Twiter CEO Elon Musk torched the Department of Defense on Sunday after it tweeted that “diversity is a strategic imperative.”

No debris was recovered from “airborne objects” President Joe Biden ordered to be shot-down over Alaska and Lake Huron last weekend.

The Pentagon may have “deliberately” hidden information from then-President Donald Trump about Chinese spy balloons roaming above the United States over fears Trump would act immediately and “aggressively” in response, according to Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL), a member of the House Armed Services Committee whose suggestion comes in the wake of his briefings with former officials.

The Biden administration was aware of a Chinese spy balloon entering U.S. airspace on January 28, but tried to hide its existence from the public.

The Pentagon said the Chinese spy balloon is currently over the center of the U.S. and is expected to continue floating for a “few days.”

Former President Donald Trump is calling for the Chinese spy balloon floating over the United States to be shot down.

There is growing worry in Washington that endless weapons support to Ukraine is hurting the U.S.’s ability to deter China from invading Taiwan and win if a conflict with China did break out.

The Biden administration would not rule out sending F-16s to Ukraine after it announced it was sending 31 Abrams M1A2 tanks to Ukraine.

Both Democrat and Republican senators on Thursday hailed President Joe Biden’s decision to send 31 Abrams main battle tanks to Ukraine in the face of decreasing American public backing for indefinite support for Ukraine.

President Joe Biden announced Wednesday afternoon he has approved sending 31 Abrams M1 main battle tanks to Ukraine in an escalation of U.S. support for the war as it nears the one-year mark.

The top enlisted leader for the National Guard said unvaccinated troops are excited about the opportunity to come back and drill, after Republicans forced the Biden administration to drop its vaccine mandate.

The Pentagon has admitted in order to keep enough weapons for its own readiness but also supply Ukraine it was raiding its weapons stockpiles in other countries.

Gen. Mark Milley acknowledged on Friday that it would be “very, very difficult” for Ukrainian forces to “eject” Russian forces from all of Ukraine this year.

Roy introduced a bill that would reinstate troops discharged over the vaccine mandate and protect unvaccinated troops from punishment.

The Pentagon said it is not pursuing back pay for troops discharged from the military for not complying with the vaccine mandate.

The deep state used the media as a tool to pressure social media companies into censorship, according to a new batch of the Twitter files released by Matt Taibbi on Tuesday.