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Over 120 retired flag officers warned the country is in deep peril and under tremendous assault from those pushing socialism and Marxism.

The nation’s top military officer touted “diversity” as one of the United States military’s “key strengths” on Wednesday.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is “certainly concerned” about the lack of diversity among the senior ranks of the military, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said Wednesday.

United States-led NATO forces began officially withdrawing from Afghanistan on Saturday, May 1, to meet President Joe Biden’s troop drawdown deadline of September 11, 2021, with officials warning the Taliban against attacks on the troops as they leave.

Australia will invest $580 million to upgrade four of its northern military bases and expand “war gaming” exercises with the United States, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Wednesday. “Our focus is on pursuing peace, stability, and a free and

Afghanistan will continue working with its “U.S./NATO partners” after the U.S. withdraws troops from the country in September, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said Wednesday.

Neo-conservatives and foreign policy establishment figures unsurprisingly blasted the Biden Administration for its plans to continue the Trump administration’s drawdown of American forces from Afghanistan, and they issued dire warnings if President Joe Biden were to go through with it.

The new diversity and inclusion chief for the U.S. military’s Special Operations Command, Richard Torres-Estrada, has been reassigned amid an investigation into politically-charged social media posts he made before he was hired, a spokesman told Breitbart News on Monday.

During Friday’s broadcast of FNC’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) questioned the trend toward “wokeness” in the U.S. military, which he said was one of the last places in the federal government where the left had not taken control.

Friday, Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson opened his show by offering example after example of the Biden administration installing so-called “woke” individuals throughout the U.S. military, and in some cases have been very critical of former President Donald Trump and his supporters.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is introducing a bill Thursday that would ban critical race theory (CRT) from the United States military trainings.

The Pentagon said in a statement Tuesday that Vice President Kamala Harris “has made very clear her respect and admiration” for the military after she received flak for not returning salutes by the Air Force honor guard welcoming her aboard Air Force Two.

McCarthy called for the politicization of the military to “stop now,” after a series of political controversies.

Guam Rep. San Nicolas led a group of Guam National Guard members to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s office on Monday in a political stunt.

A group of Republicans in the Senate and House are backing up Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s right to criticize President Joe Biden over cultural experiments at the Pentagon.

Fox News show host Tucker Carlson on Friday evening responded to the Pentagon’s military brass targeting him after he criticized President Joe Biden for focusing on inclusivity for women in the military while China is focusing on making its young men more masculine.

CNN anchor Brianna Keilar Friday on her show “Newsroom” offered her thoughts on the alleged controversy related to Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s comments about women in the military.

Failed Kentucky Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Amy McGrath, who was the first female Marine combat pilot, criticized Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s comments about women in the military demanding Fox News apologize, Thursday on MsNBC’s “Deadline.”

The National Guard Bureau Chief reportedly opposed keeping National Guard troops at the Capitol but was overridden by Defense Secretary Austin.

Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s riff on Biden focusing on inclusivity for women has sparked anger from progressives in the military.

The Pentagon Tuesday evening announced Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s approval of a request by U.S. Capitol Police for a two-month extension of National Guard troops through May 23.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director and White House Chief Medical Advisor, said Friday that U.S. military personnel who opt out of receiving the coronavirus vaccine are inadvertently “part of the problem” of hurting efforts to end the pandemic.

Green Beret veteran and Gold Star husband Joe Kent this week announced a primary challenge to Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler after she became one of nine Republicans in the House to vote to impeach former President Donald Trump.

China could cripple the United State’s defense industry by limiting the export of rare earth minerals that are critical to manufacturing F-35 fighter jets and other vital weaponry, according to a report in Financial Times.

President Joe Biden said during a CNN town hall on Tuesday that former military and former police officers were fueling the “growth of white supremacy.”

The U.S. military aid provided to the Philippines amounts to “loose change” compared to other Asian nations, a spokesman for Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday.

The Pentagon under Biden has turned its focus from outside threats to the country towards perceived threats from inside the military.

Joe Biden’s stated plan to release over 25,000 migrants seeking refugee status into the U.S. presents “an imminent danger” to Texas, said Lt. Col. Allen West (Ret.), chairman of the Texas Republican Party, on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Sunday with host Joel Pollak.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-FL) tweeted earlier this week that members of the National Guard are still having to take their breaks in a parking garage, and asked why House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is allowing it.

Biden announced the creation of a task force to assess the U.S. military’s policies, programs, and processes on China-related matters.

Five veterans have died in the last five months. Their deaths were not from exposure to the coronavirus that’s transfixed the nation’s attention over the past year. They were from suspected exposure to toxins during their military service.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday ordered U.S. military commanders at every single unit across the force to focus for the next 60 days on discussing extremism with service members.

DHS released a bulletin from the acting secretary warning of a “heightened threat environment” in the weeks after the inauguration.

Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) announced Wednesday he has requested a briefing from the Army on why thousands of National Guard troops will remain in Washington, DC, through mid-March.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he “fully” supported President Joe Biden’s reversal of former President Donald Trump’s military transgender policy, Biden issued the executive order Monday.

National Guard troops were forced to evacuate the Capitol building grounds on Thursday and hang out in parking garages, allegedly after a Democrat congressman complained about one National Guard member not wearing a mask at a cafe in the building.