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Pentagon orders military to pull all library books on diversity
It is the broadest and most detailed directive so far on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s campaign to rid the military of DEI policies and materials.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
A civilian cybersecurity reserve corps is needed for the Pentagon and DHS, lawmakers from both parties say
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing to create a civilian reserve corps of cybersecurity experts to help defend national security interests.
Biden’s Pentagon policy chief Colin Kahl confirmed with GOP senators absent
The Senate was poised to confirm Colin Kahl to be the undersecretary of defense for policy as two Republicans were expected to be absent for a pair of votes due to family emergencies.
By Joe Gould
Biden picks Shyu for DoD research and engineering chief
President Joe Biden will nominate Heidi Shyu, the Army's former acquisition chief, to be the Pentagon's undersecretary for research and engineering, Defense News has learned.
The big Pentagon internet mystery now partially solved
The military hopes to “assess, evaluate and prevent unauthorized use of DoD IP address space,” said a statement issued by the chief of the Pentagon’s Defense Digital Service.
Service chiefs will weigh in on controversial plan to remove commanders’ control over sexual assault cases
The defense secretary is seeking feedback from service chiefs, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Pentagon policy experts.
End commanders’ power to block military sex assault cases, Pentagon panel says
The recommendation by an independent review commission goes against decades of vehement Pentagon arguments to keep cases within the chain of command.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Biden nominates former California congressman to take over Pentagon’s personnel office
Gil Cisneros is a Navy veteran who served two terms as a Democratic representative from California.
A DoD definition of domestic extremism is on its way
A working group will take on the next steps in the Pentagon's push to root out extremist ideology.
Partisan politics has no place in today’s (or tomorrow’s) military
The emerging partisanship of the armed forces needs to be corrected before it's too late, says the author of this commentary.
By Jacob Richardson
Intel, acquisition and budget nominees for Pentagon announced
The three nominees are the first announced for the Pentagon since Dec. 30.
By Aaron Mehta