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Pentagon leaders insisted it would be prepared for an evacuation of Americans out of Ukraine if called to do so.

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger has tested positive for the coronavirus, his spokesperson said in a statement on Monday afternoon.

The nation’s top military officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley, tested positive for the coronavirus on Sunday. He is now isolating at a remote location, his spokesperson said Monday morning.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to testify next week on events surrounding the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Sunday evening he tested positive for the coronavirus earlier that day, despite receiving two vaccine doses and a booster shot.

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike group to stay in the Mediterranean Sea region rather than move on to the Middle East, amid worries about the buildup of thousands of Russian troops near the Ukraine border.

A year-long Pentagon effort to identify extremists in the military found “fewer than 100” service members out of a 2.1 million force.

Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said Tuesday that a booster shot requirement was “under active discussion” at the Pentagon.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin this week pointed to “various websites” as a reason the military has become more partisan.

Austin said earlier this week in an interview that if Russia invaded Ukraine, it should be concerned about its reputation.

Conservatives flexed their muscles to kill progressive provisions in the defense bill authorizing the Pentagon’s budget and activities.

House Republicans are voicing opposition to the NDAA, a massive bill authorizing defense spending and activities, over its “woke” provisions.

Americans with a “great deal of confidence” in the U.S. military dropped a staggering 11 percent from February under Joe Biden.

GOP senators sought information on the Countering Extremism Working Group and assurances it is not aimed at opponents of woke orthodoxy.

Over 1,700 faith leaders are urging the Biden Pentagon to approve religious exemptions for troops from the coronavirus vaccine mandate.

Thousands of active-duty Marines will miss the Marine Corps and Navy’s November 28 deadline to be fully-vaccinated.

The Oklahoma National Guard is facing off against the Biden Pentagon over its vaccine mandate for service members.

Recently appointed Oklahoma National Guard Adjutant General Thomas Mancino is refusing to enforce the Defense Department’s vaccine mandate on Oklahoma’s National Guard troops, according to a report.

Republican senators are backing an amendment to ban dishonorable discharges for troops who do not comply with Biden’s vaccine mandate.

In response to the Department of Defense’s (DOD) decision to mandate coronavirus vaccinations for U.S. servicemembers, Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) urged the Pentagon to reconsider while describing the decision as “ethically troubling” with the potential to “critically hinder our national security and readiness,” in a letter sent to Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin on Thursday.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday denied reports that it stunned U.S. intelligence analysts by testing a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August, while the Biden White House responded to the report by saying it “welcomes stiff competition” from the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

Sen. Joni Ernst called for President Joe Biden to resign over his handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

A broader investigation is needed — one of a corrupt military establishment that backed Biden publicly in 2020, and led to our present disgrace.

Republicans this week confronted Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley, the nation’s top military officer, on a series of interviews he gave to political book authors that has dragged him into the center of politics despite a tradition of military leaders trying to stay apolitical.

Harkening back to the days of his campaign, Biden has chosen to forego the scrutiny of television interviews within the past several weeks.

Republicans are calling on the Marine Corps to release Scheller, who was thrown in a military jail this week.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) took Pentagon leaders to task over the botched Afghanistan withdrawal during a House Armed Services Committee hearing.

Pentagon leaders testify on the botched Afghanistan withdrawal in front of the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday commencing at 9:30 a.m. ET.

Senate Republicans exposed three blatant lies about the Afghanistan withdrawal by President Joe Biden during a contentious hearing with the Pentagon’s top military leaders.

The State Department delayed the start of the non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) aimed at rescuing U.S. citizens and Afghan allies seeking to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover last month, Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, indicated Tuesday.

The former president reacted to a Senate Armed Forces Committee hearing with Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Commander of U.S. Central Command Gen. Kenneth McKenzie.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) stated that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin “provided no real responses to my questions” on evacuating American citizens and Afghan allies from Afghanistan. “Because, at the moment, there

America’s credibility on the world stage is “damaged” due to the deadly Afghan evacuation, Gen. Mark Milley testified during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday. But Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin disagreed with Milley, claiming America’s credibility “remains solid.”

Robert Wilkie, former secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and current visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation, warned that “woke” ideology is undermining meritocracy, morale, and readiness across the U.S. military in an interview on Tuesday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.

The Pentagon’s top leaders are testifying Tuesday on the Biden administration’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The Pentagon on Wednesday acknowledged that Afghan refugees are facing problems at U.S. military bases where they are being held.