US Defense Department

Police Departments Benefit From Police Militarization Program, but at What Cost to Communities?

Local sheriffs claim they need military vehicles and firearms to protect communities, but experts caution against police militarization.

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Pentagon considers North Korean leader to be in ‘full control’ of military

The Pentagon said Wednesday that available intelligence on the state of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's health is not conclusive

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Here’s how the US military is preparing for COVID-19

The US military is adopting broader measures to protect personnel from the global coronavirus pandemic. Here are the latest updates.

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US and UK identify soldiers killed in Camp Taji, Iraq rocket strikes

The US and UK identified military personnel killed in a rocket attack on Camp Taji airbase in Iraq, and the Polish armed forces said a soldier was injured

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Low-yield nuclear weapon deployed on US Navy submarine in Atlantic

The Pentagon confirmed reports that the Navy has deployed a submarine armed with a newly developed and controversial low-yield nuclear weapon

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US-led Coalition and Iraq resume operations against ISIS

Iraq and the US-led Coalition will resume joint operations against ISIS, nearly a month after attacks bases hosting American personnel forced a pause in the mission

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US personnel killed in Afghanistan E-11A crash recovered

US forces recovered the bodies of two personnel killed when their E-11A aircraft crashed in Ghazni province, eastern Afghanistan

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Pentagon says 34 US military personnel diagnosed with brain injuries after Iran missile strike

34 US military members have been diagnosed with brain injuries due to Iran's missile attack on two Iraqi airbases earlier this month

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Iran designates US military ‘terrorists’ over Soleimani killing

Iran has designated the U.S. armed forces a terrorist group over the killing of top commander General Qassem Soleimani. Iran’s lawmakers on Tuesday, January 7 unanimously approved the bill to designate the U.S. Army and Department of Defense as terrorist organizations, Tasnim news reported. The bill designates U.S. forces, Pentagon employees, affiliated organizations, and those who ordered Soleimani’s death, AFP reported. Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force – the IRGC’s external operations arm – was killed last week in a U.S. drone strike outside Baghdad International Airport. Killed with him was Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the head of the Kataib Hezbollah group and de facto commander of Iraq’s Hashd al-Shaabi militias. In April the Trump administration designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization, the first such designation of a state’s armed forces. The U.S. designated the Quds Force a foreign terrorist organization a decade ago. Also on Tuesday, Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said 13 “revenge” scenarios had been drafted in response to the Soleimani’s killing. Soleimani was to be buried in his hometown of Kerman on Tuesday. The general’s killing has sparked a new crisis in the region, with Iran and its surrogate forces vowing revenge on …

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Esper says $10bn Pentagon JEDI contract awarded fairly after Amazon claims ‘bias’

The U.S. Defense Secretary said a $10 billion cloud computing contract was awarded to Microsoft fairly after Amazon alleged "bias" in the process

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