The Pentagon said the planned Fort Hood execution livestream will broadcast the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, according to Reuters, CNN and Associated Press reports. A Pentagon official told Reuters the execution will be livestreamed, with details to follow. … Read more
The United States is sending a US third aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East, adding roughly 9,000 to 10,000 troops to a region where more than 50,000 American service members are already stationed, according to US officials cited by the Wall Street Journal and Al Jazeera. The USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group … Read more
The Pentagon is deploying a third carrier strike group to the Middle East, adding 9,000 to 10,000 sailors and Marines to a region already hosting more than 50,000 U.S. troops, according to U.S. officials who spoke with the Wall Street Journal, Al Jazeera and The National. The USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group left its … Read more
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed this week that the Hegseth generals cut will reduce the number of generals and admirals across the United States military by 20 percent, a sweeping change he described as long overdue accountability at the top of the Pentagon. Speaking during his State of the Force address at Marine Corps Base … Read more
The last U.S. troops and military equipment have departed Erbil Air Base, completing the us troops iraq withdrawal and formally ending the 12-year American military mission against ISIS. The Pentagon confirmed Wednesday that the final personnel left by end of day, closing the Iraq chapter of Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S.-led campaign launched when ISIS … Read more
WASHINGTON — A Hegseth midterm elections memo directing the US military to defend the November midterm elections from foreign interference was made public Monday, with the Pentagon describing the mission as a top priority roughly five weeks before Election Day. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed the directive, titled “Countering Foreign Threats to 2026 Elections,” on … Read more