Defense Secretary Panetta this morning phoned Afghan President Hamid Karzai about a video that appears to show Marines urinating on insurgents' corpses.
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Defense Secretary Panetta this morning phoned Afghan President Hamid Karzai about a video that appears to show Marines urinating on insurgents' corpses.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta hosted the Norwegian defense minister, Espen Barth Eide, this afternoon for their first official bilateral meeting.
The Pentagon's strategic pivot toward the Asia-Pacific region will not require a major surge in the number of Navy ships there, nor will it diminish the fleet's presence in the Middle East, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert said today.
Navy forces on Thursday rescued an Iranian fishing ship from pirates in the Arabian Sea, the naval component of U.S. Central Command announced today.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta hosted the U.K. secretary of state for defense, Philip Hammond, at the Pentagon Thursday afternoon for their first official bilateral meeting, which included a discussion of the new defense strategy as well as the signing of a deal on aircraft carriers.
The United States' new defense strategy aims to trim conventional military forces while increasing investments in a handful of areas including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, unmanned systems, space programs, cyberspace capabilities, and platforms that project U.S. forces rapidly around the world, officials said today.
The Pentagon's fiscal year 2013 budget request slashes Marine Corps and Army end strength in conjunction with a new military strategy that urges cutting back on stability operations, but even deeper cuts to both ground services are expected in the coming years, according to sources familiar with the plans.
Pentagon Press Secretary George Little today issued a statement regarding published reports that Iran may impede the transit of U.S. naval ships operating in the Persian Gulf region.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey will brief reporters Thursday afternoon on the new military strategy that will guide the Defense Department's budget decisions and global posture, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said today.
The Defense Department failed to meet its goals for achieving competition in procurement programs in fiscal year 2011, according to a Pentagon memo.
The Defense Department released a statement early this morning concerning the outcome of the U.S. Central Command investigation into the late November U.S. airstrike that left 24 Pakistani troops dead:
There are "strong indications" that a North Korean missile test that preceded this weekend's announcement of the death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il was "preplanned" and not tied the dictator's death, a senior defense official told reporters today.
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) and other GOP colleagues today held a press conference to promote H.R. 3662, which they have named the "Down Payment To Protect National Security Act."
Pentagon policy chief Michèle Flournoy released a statement Wednesday night concerning plans to shift Marines from Japan to Guam.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced today that Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michèle Flournoy is stepping down.
The Senate on Tuesday approved an amendment to the fiscal year 2012 defense authorization bill that would “strengthen protections against a flood of counterfeit electronic parts coming into the defense supply system,” the Senate Armed Services Committee announced in a statement that sums up the new protections this way.
Inside the Pentagon breaks news this morning about Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey's opposition to a congressional proposal for a bipartisan Afghanistan-Pakistan study group.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta released a statement Monday night bemoaning the congressional supercommittee's failure to reach a deficit-reduction agreement.
The Pentagon will shrink the Marine Corps "well below" the service's desired level of 186,800 troops, but the service will remain capable of handling its missions, Marine Commandant Gen. James Amos said today.
The White House announced this morning that United Technologies subsidiary Sikorsky has been selected by Brunei’s defense ministry to supply 12 Black Hawk S-70i helicopters for the Royal Brunei Armed Forces Support Helicopter Project.