/tags/defense-department Defense Department en-US Copyright Thu, 27 Mar 2025 03:10:01 GMT /2025-03-26/dewine-said-war-chat-involving-top-u-s-defense-leaders-and-a-journalist-has-to-be-investigated When he was a U.S. senator starting in the mid-90s, Gov. Mike DeWine was a member of on the Senate Intelligence Committee. Thu, 27 Mar 2025 03:10:01 GMT /2025-03-26/dewine-said-war-chat-involving-top-u-s-defense-leaders-and-a-journalist-has-to-be-investigated Jo Ingles /news/2021-05-05/dayton-sues-wright-patterson-defense-department-for-water-pollution The city of Dayton has sued the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the U.S. Department of Defense for failing to stop water contaminants from entering a source of the city’s drinking water. Wed, 05 May 2021 11:17:51 GMT /news/2021-05-05/dayton-sues-wright-patterson-defense-department-for-water-pollution Associated Press /2021-03-31/pentagon-releases-new-policies-enabling-transgender-people-to-serve-in-the-military President Biden signed an executive order repealing the Trump transgender ban in his first week in office, directing the Pentagon to begin the process to allow transgender people to serve openly. Wed, 31 Mar 2021 20:31:16 GMT /2021-03-31/pentagon-releases-new-policies-enabling-transgender-people-to-serve-in-the-military Laurel Wamsley /news-partners/2021-03-21/u-s-defense-chief-austin-goes-to-afghanistan-amid-questions-over-withdrawal-date Lloyd Austin arrived in Kabul on his first visit as defense secretary as the Biden administration discusses when to pull U.S. forces out of Afghanistan. Sun, 21 Mar 2021 14:40:07 GMT /news-partners/2021-03-21/u-s-defense-chief-austin-goes-to-afghanistan-amid-questions-over-withdrawal-date Alex Leff /news-partners/2021-02-24/biden-administration-to-deliver-25-million-masks-to-health-centers-and-food-banks Officials said Wednesday that the masks will be delivered in the coming months, and are expected to reach an estimated 12 to 15 million vulnerable Americans. Wed, 24 Feb 2021 19:11:12 GMT /news-partners/2021-02-24/biden-administration-to-deliver-25-million-masks-to-health-centers-and-food-banks Rachel Treisman /news-partners/2021-02-05/pentagon-will-deploy-active-duty-troops-to-support-covid-19-vaccination-sites White House coronavirus adviser Andy Slavitt said part of the first contingent of more than 1,000 troops is set to begin operations in California mid-February with more vaccination missions to follow. Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:38:00 GMT /news-partners/2021-02-05/pentagon-will-deploy-active-duty-troops-to-support-covid-19-vaccination-sites Rachel Treisman /news-partners/2021-01-25/biden-repeals-trump-era-ban-on-transgender-troops Former President Donald Trump had first ordered a ban on transgender service members in 2017, and President Biden had long promised to repeal the directive. Mon, 25 Jan 2021 16:19:56 GMT /news-partners/2021-01-25/biden-repeals-trump-era-ban-on-transgender-troops Scott Detrow /news-partners/2021-01-22/lloyd-austin-confirmed-as-defense-secretary-becomes-1st-black-pentagon-chief Austin's near-unanimous confirmation came despite concerns raised on both sides of the aisle that he hadn't been out of uniform for the legally mandated minimum seven-year period. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 16:05:00 GMT /news-partners/2021-01-22/lloyd-austin-confirmed-as-defense-secretary-becomes-1st-black-pentagon-chief Brakkton Booker /news-partners/2021-01-04/trump-and-the-military-what-an-erratic-commander-in-chief-leaves-behind "Military and some civilian leaders have been in constant damage control over the last four years. The old 'cleanup on aisle 4, then 6, then 8,' " a retired officer says of President Trump's tenure. Mon, 04 Jan 2021 10:27:00 GMT /news-partners/2021-01-04/trump-and-the-military-what-an-erratic-commander-in-chief-leaves-behind Tom Bowman /news-partners/npr-news/2020-12-28/reeling-from-trump-era-chaos-watchdogs-seek-greater-protections "Our job, we know, has never been more important, more significant, or more challenging than it is right now," says Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz. Mon, 28 Dec 2020 10:00:56 GMT /news-partners/npr-news/2020-12-28/reeling-from-trump-era-chaos-watchdogs-seek-greater-protections Carrie Johnson