Our soldiers responded without hesitation, killing several enemy fighters and capturing a Taliban machine gunner. At that ...

Donald Trump’s Pentagon chief moderated his stance to get the job but is now pushing for change in the name of high standards ...

"I told him there was going to be a war and we're simply not ready." These were the words of an Israeli female spotter on ...

Pete Hegseth works out with soldiers in the snow as military reasserts pride in strength By . Patrick Reilly. Published Feb. 14, 2025, 9:21 a.m. ET.

Pete Hegseth’s disparagement of women soldiers factor into new test requirements. ... For example, soldiers will need to run 2 miles in 22 minutes to get a score of 60 on that event.

The soldiers under his command had been operating in the area for months, and many had deployed several times. They were, to use a term of Hegseth’s, “dusty boots” soldiers in every sense.

President Trump will not attend the dignified transfer of four American soldiers who died during a training exercise in Lithuania last week, instead sending Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to Dover ...

One of these “shakers” is Pete Hegseth. This guy is a man’s man. He successfully swims the Hudson River with Navy Seals, and possesses two Bronze Stars, as a part of his 20-year service to ...

Hegseth cited a three-week Army program, Future Soldier Preparatory Course, which allows prospective soldiers to train to qualify to join the ranks, if they initially can’t meet standards.

Pete Hegseth opposes providing medical care for transgender soldiers, and wrote in one of his books that the military has embraced “trans lunacy” in recent years. He said transgender soldiers ...

What Hegseth and Trump don’t understand about DEI and the military. The Pentagon’s new approach departs from one that for decades buoyed the world’s strongest military.

Mr. Hegseth captured Mr. Trump’s attention during his first term by advocating the pardon of U.S. troops who had been charged or convicted of war crimes, including the murder of civilians.