The Veterans Day festivities will likely include helicopters, fighter jets and, yes, tanks.
The change aims to fix a security clearance system whose weaknesses were exposed by the case of a Navy contractor who gunned down a dozen people at Washington's Navy Yard in 2013.
An examination of the threats from terror groups, as imagined in the Joint Land, Air, and Sea Strategic Special Program, offers unique clues to the Pentagon’s fears for the future.
In 2015, Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake investigated how the Department of Defense finances displays of patriotism at sporting events with taxpayer dollars.
This amount of money could solve the entire planet's miseries, but the government blames its mystery spending on a "failure to correct system deficiencies."
What defense? Offensive war is the new normal for the U.S. military, which has been playing "away games" since 1898 and losing since 1950.
A nationwide campaign is urging candidates to sign a contract containing 11 progressive initiatives, characterized as actions desired by the American people.
The president’s plan to remove U.S. troops resolves diplomatic problems with Russia, Damascus and Turkey but raises thorny questions on other fronts.
Long-standing federal statutes limit the use of troops to enforce domestic civil law. But don't be surprised if this president tries anyway.
Climate effects are apparent at U.S. military installations, a Pentagon study finds, despite a White House failure to recognize any threat.
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