Since January, the defense secretary also has ordered the Pentagon to review combat standards, disqualifying medical conditions for military service, physical fitness and body standards, homeschooling support,

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced a review into how officers will be promoted and selected for command that will be led by former Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, who was punished after he criticized senior military leaders for the Afghanistan withdrawal.

A renewed effort to force out Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is underway, with new life breathed into the "Signalgate" scam by the WaPo.

Internal emails released to BI show West Point staffers had to query an "out-of-use database" to find the record.

Monitoring bathrooms for trans people is high on the list of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s military objectives. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

The changes seem unlikely to impact common medical waivers for conditions such as vision and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

The Pentagon has issued new rules that would prevent people currently treated for schizophrenia, congestive heart failure, having a donated organ or some other issues from receiving a medical

The Republican and Democratic heads of a U.S. congressional committee for strategic competition with China have written to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to stress their strong support for the AUKUS submarine project currently under Pentagon review.