Washington, July 20, 2025.- Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced today that the president has made the following nominations: Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael J. Borgschulte for reappointment to the grade of lieutenant general, with assignment as superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Borgschulte is currently serving as deputy commandant,Continuar Leyendo
Washington, July 15, 2025.- Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell provided the following readout: On July 14, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth met with his German Defense counterpart, Federal Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius. Secretary Hegseth reaffirmed the strong bilateral relationship and expressed appreciation for German leadership in securing historic commitmentsContinuar Leyendo
Washington, July 09, 2025.- Navy veteran George E. Smith and Willard S. Boyle shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics for their 1969 invention of the light-sensitive charge-coupled device, which made digital imagery possible. In a CCD image sensor, pixels are represented by p-doped metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitors. These MOS capacitors produceContinuar Leyendo
Washington, July 2, 2025.- Department of Defense Spokesman Sean Parnell provided the following readout: On July 2, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had a productive meeting at the Pentagon with Argentina’s Minister of Defense Luis Petri to explore ways to deepen and institutionalize the U.S. – Argentina defense relationship andContinuar Leyendo
Washington, June 29, 2025.- During a hearing in Washington today, Air Force senior leaders told a Senate defense subcommittee that the department’s fiscal year 2026 budget request prioritizes defending the homeland and bolstering defenses in the Indo-Pacific region, where China is the pacing threat. Air Force Secretary Troy E. MeinkContinuar Leyendo
Washington, June, 16, 2025.- The Second Continental Congress authorized the creation of the Continental Army, June 14, 1775, and just three days later, the Battle of Bunker Hill was fought between British and Colonial forces in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which is now a neighborhood of Boston. On that day, about 1,200Continuar Leyendo
Washington, June 10, 2025.- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attended events to mark the 81st anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 2025, delivering a speech at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer and working out with troops assigned to the U.S. Army 75th Ranger Regiment. TheContinuar Leyendo
Washington, June 09, 2025.- Last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth paused in front of a ballroom of service members and industry leaders at Special Operations Forces Week in Tampa, Florida, and reminded them people matter more than equipment. That stance underpins the Defense Department’s sweeping readiness push, and nowhere isContinuar Leyendo
Washington, June 08, 2025.- While jointly speaking at a NATO defense meeting in Brussels today, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte both stated an increase in defense spending targets — by both the United States and NATO ally countries — is essential to deterring the comingContinuar Leyendo
Washington, June 04, 2025.- Senior leaders from each military branch spoke about changing battlefield technology and their service’s current transformation efforts during the AI+ Expo in Washington this week. The recent Ukrainian attacks on Russian air bases are prime examples of how rapidly technology is changing the battlefield, said ArmyContinuar Leyendo
