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
Washington, May 28, 2025.- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomed Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz to the Pentagon today for a bilateral exchange between the two nations. «The relationship between the United States and Poland is rock solid; both countries demonstrate peace through strength,» Hegseth said atContinuar Leyendo
Washington, May 27, 2025.- The National Memorial Day Concert took place yesterday on the lawn of the Capitol with Gold Star families, wounded warriors and members of the public in attendance. Musicians from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and the National Symphony Orchestra performed, as well as multipleContinuar Leyendo
Washington, May 15, 2025.- The Defense Department conducted a second successful flight of a fully recoverable uncrewed hypersonic test vehicle in March 2025, with the first being in December 2024. This test campaign, led by DOD’s Test Resource Management Center, in partnership with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, marksContinuar Leyendo
Washington, May 10, 2025.- Today the Secretary of Defense directed the Secretaries of the Military Departments to certify their admissions are race-, ethnicity-, and sex-blind. Within 30 days, the Military Service Academies (MSAs) must confirm that admission will be based exclusively on merit for the 2026 admissions cycle and beyond.Continuar Leyendo
Washington, May 02, 2025.- The U.S. Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs is continuing on the path toward the nation’s first sea-based hypersonic fielding with a successful end-to-end flight test of a conventional hypersonic missile from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. This test marked the first launch of the ConventionalContinuar Leyendo
