Policy

Federal background-check overhaul is finally on track, DSCA says

Workers in national security-sensitive positions are now fully enrolled in continuous vetting.

  • Sean Michael Newhouse
Threats

A Coast Guard commander miscarried. She nearly died after being denied care.

Tricare stuck to its denial even after her doctor said continuing the pregnancy would endanger her life.

  • Robin Fields and Erin Edwards, ProPublica
Threats

Some Republicans remain unsold on Hegseth

Sexual-assault allegation cited along with other concerns about Trump's pick for defense secretary.

  • Audrey Decker
Policy

After delay, Trump opts for conventional FBI screenings of nominees, transition team

The president-elect's team had suggested skipping the background checks routinely used to protect secret and sensitive information.

  • Eric Katz
Ideas

What game theory says about a MAGA military

A thought experiment based on Trump’s desire for officers who obey without question.

  • Thomas Crosbie
Threats

The D Brief: Ceasefire pact in Lebanon; US strike in Syria; New SecNav tapped; Space execs’ pleas to NATO; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Invasion gains pace; Plane crash in Lithuania; New Pacific missile sites?; DepSecDef candidates; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Russia’s MIRV missile; Space Force’s naughty list; McConnell to Senate Approps; Worst telecom hack in US history; And a bit more.

  • Patrick Tucker and Ben Watson
Ideas

To improve recruiting, make medical standards match retention ones

Many of the assumptions that undergird the recruiting standards are outdated or simply wrong.

  • Lt. Col. Kareen Hart and Taren Sylvester
Threats

The D Brief: DOD’s Replicator program advances; Nuclear forensics in Idaho; Austin, Milley defend women in combat; Intel watchdogs resign; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Lauren C. Williams and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Women veterans react to 'ill-informed' disparagement by Trump's SecDef pick

“He keeps saying they’ve lowered standards for women [in combat roles], and that is just not true," said one policy expert.

  • Mariel Padilla
Threats

The D Brief: Austin to the Pacific; North Korean drones; Reforming how the USAF buys weapons; Suicides rise across DOD; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Patrick Tucker and Bradley Peniston
Defense Systems

Pentagon puts a dent in cyber workforce vacancies

Nearly a quarter of the Defense Department’s cyber jobs went unfilled last year.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Policy

What Trump’s win means for the federal workforce

The Republican former president has vowed to remake the civil service in his image with the reinstatement of Schedule F.

  • Erich Wagner
Threats

The D Brief: N. Korea tests big ICBM; Aussies’ arms ambitions; Pentagon ups recruiting goals; China sanctions US dronemaker; And just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Military services upping recruiting goals after rebound in 2024

Recruitment numbers are looking better after more recruiters are getting into communities.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: A shipyard death; Another F-35 delay?; US troops wounded in Iraq; New era of ‘total war’; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Policy

Immigrants show greater willingness to join the military, study shows

Propensity to serve appears tied to civic-mindedness rather than militarism, authors write.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Army’s new acquisition approach; US warns Israel on Gaza; Ukraine’s Victory Plan; Milley’s blastproof curtains; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Army ups recruiting target for FY25 after hitting goal

Service will once again aim to bring in 61,000 new recruits.

  • Sam Skove
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