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Raytheon Technologies, one of the biggest defense contractors in the country, is moving its corporate headquarters from Waltham, Massachusetts, to Arlington, Virginia, the company announced Tuesday. Arlington is home to the U.S. Pentagon, and Raytheon said in a news release that being there “increases agility in supporting U.S. government and commercial aerospace customers and serves to reinforce partnerships that...

President Joe Biden on Friday named Pentagon press secretary John Kirby to be the new National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications.

The Pentagon is monitoring claims of Russian forces using chemical weapons in Mariupol, Ukraine, as fighting intensifies.

Department of Defense spokesperson John Kirby on Wednesday clarified the Pentagon’s decision to decline facilitating a transfer of MiG-29 jets from Poland to Ukraine. “We believe the provision of additional fighter aircraft provides little increased capabilities at high risk [for escalation].”

Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby spoke on MSNBC this morning about the United States deploying more troops to Poland.

Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper has dropped a lawsuit against the Defense Department.

The military investigation into the deadly attack during the Afghanistan evacuation has concluded that a suicide bomber, carrying 20 pounds of explosives packed with ball bearings, acted alone, and that the deaths of more than 170 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members were not preventable.

An animal welfare organization says a wandering chicken was caught sneaking around a security area at the Pentagon

The establishment of a new office, signed into law just before New Year’s, to study “unidentified aerial phenomenon” has divided the loose community of activists, researchers and pseudo scientists who hunt for proof that we are not alone in the universe.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms while quarantining at home

The Pentagon is finally being audited, but what will it take for the Defense Department to actually pass?

Warning that extremism in the ranks is increasing, Pentagon officials are issuing detailed new rules prohibiting service members from actively engaging in extremist activities.

The Pentagon says China is expanding its nuclear force much faster than U.S. officials predicted just a year ago

Austin said the U.S. needs to “consider some uncomfortable truths,” including that we “didn’t fully comprehend the depth of corruption and poor leadership” among the Afghan army’s senior ranks and that the Trump administration’s deal with the Taliban in 2020 “had a demoralizing effect on Afghan soldiers.”

A memorial service was held at the Pentagon Saturday, the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, to honor the lives lost.

A Navy captain from Sandwich who died on September 11 after saving lives at the Pentagon is still giving back, in a way.

When Dave DeConto looks out onto the stadium at Sandwich High School that bears his brother’s name, he sees the future and the past. “So I usually sit here and sort of just take it in and remember what it was like before,” DeConto said. Two decades ago, life changed. “The emotions and the feelings are right there at...

So many of the victims killed on 9/11 were parents, leaving behind young children who have only faint memories of their mom or dad. One young man in Fairfax County, Virginia, is making sure he lives up to his father’s hopes and dreams, and his mother has been at his side all along, helping him to understand his father’s...

President Joe Biden is warning that it’s “highly likely” an Islamic State affiliate will try another attack in Afghanistan

Officials from the White House are reportedly furious about the surprise trip Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts and Republican Rep. Peter Meijer of Michigan took to Afghanistan Tuesday. The State Department and military are also mad. They had to divert resources to provide security and information to the lawmakers. The U.S. military reportedly found out about the impromptu...