Graduate students from the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy briefed Defense Department policymakers at the Pentagon on their capstone research findings related to some of the most pressing national defense priorities.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth highlighted the importance and significance of the U.S. special operations forces community while delivering a keynote speech at the Special Operations Forces 2025 annual conference in Tampa, Fla.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosted an enhanced honor cordon and meeting, welcoming Peruvian Defense Minister Walter Astudillo and Peruvian Foreign Affairs Minister Elmer Schialer to the Pentagon.
In the past 100 days, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has participated in a number of engagements and implemented policy changes to build a military capable of deterring conflict, defending the nation and, if needed, fighting and winning wars.
Commander of Army Space and Missile Defense Command Army Lt. Gen. Sean A. Gainey confirmed during a media briefing at the Pentagon that the new space domain-related enlisted military occupational specialty will become official by October 2026.
During the first 100 days of leadership under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — about 14 weeks in all — the Defense Department has seen a wide range of successes.
The Defense Department conducted a successful flight test of a conventional hypersonic missile launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla.
The Defense Department’s annual report on sexual assault in the military for fiscal year 2024 shows a clear connection between sexual violence and impacts on readiness in the uniformed services, DOD’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office’s senior leader said.
