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Latest news on the US Military, covering the Pentagon, the Department of Defense, also styled the Department of War, the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Space Force and Coast Guard, troops, veterans, the National Guard, the Joint Chiefs, defence spending, weapons, drones, cybersecurity, NATO and overseas deployments.
The US Military is one of the largest and best funded armed forces in the world, with more than a million active-duty troops. The president is commander in chief, while the Defense Secretary runs the department from the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The Joint Chiefs of Staff advise on strategy, and DOD agencies such as DARPA drive research.
In 2025 the administration began using Department of War as a secondary title, a change that only Congress can make official. Modernisation shapes much of the debate, including F-35 and F-22 fighters, submarines, missile defense, drones, hypersonic weapons, artificial intelligence, cyber operations and space. Critics question costs, shipbuilding delays, recruitment and the domestic use of the National Guard.
Behind the hardware are soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and their families. Stories cover veterans' care, mental health, housing, women in service, military bases such as Fort Bragg and Camp Pendleton, and local communities that depend on them. Remembrance days and ceremonies, from Veterans Day to Pearl Harbor anniversaries, keep that service in public view.
The Continental Army was formed in 1775, and the modern Defense Department was created in 1947 after the Second World War. The Pentagon opened in 1943, the Air Force became a separate service in 1947 and the Space Force followed in 2019. Experience in Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan still shapes how Washington uses force and which alliances it values, from NATO to the Indo-Pacific.
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