Department of Defense

'You're On Your Own': Servicewomen Describe Impact Of Military's Abortion Policy

4:26pm November 15, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Women in the military generally can't get abortions at military facilities or using military health insurance. Researchers interviewed 21 servicewomen who volunteered to talk about their experiences.

Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to reporters about the Niger operation during a briefing at the Pentagon on Monday.

A Timeline — And Questions — About The Niger Firefight That Killed U.S. Troops

7:27pm October 23, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Amid growing political fallout, the Department of Defense has put forward a timeline for the deadly confrontation with militants in Niger that killed four U.S. soldiers.

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Trump Signs Memo Implementing Ban On Transgender People Enlisting In The Military

7:28pm August 25, 2017

by Jim Kane

A senior White House official says transgender individuals will not be allowed to join the armed services. Meanwhile, the Trump administration will determine what to do with those already serving.

Firearms using lead ammunition spray lead dust out of the muzzle and ejection port when fired.

Lead Dust From Firearms Can Pose A Silent Health Risk

2:51pm May 10, 2017

by Angus Chen

The Department of Defense has increased protections for military personnel from exposure to lead from firearms. It can be a health problem for people using recreational shooting ranges, too.

Inside DARPA, The Pentagon Agency Whose Technology Has 'Changed the World'

1:36pm March 28, 2017

Journalist Sharon Weinberger discusses the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency, which develops innovative scientific technologies for the military. Her new book is The Imagineers of War.

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Trump Says Retired Gen. Mattis Is His Choice To Lead Pentagon

11:22pm December 01, 2016

by Tom Bowman

Speaking to a crowd in Cincinnati where he celebrated his win in Ohio, Trump compared Mattis to World War II Gen. George S. Patton and said a formal announcement of his nomination would come Monday.

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Psychology Group Votes To Ban Members From Taking Part In Interrogations

3:36pm August 07, 2015

by Dina Temple-Raston

The American Psychological Association had been criticized for enabling harsh national security interrogations by keeping its ethics policy in line with the Defense Department's interrogation program.

Anthrax Was Accidentally Sent To 11 States, 2 Countries, Pentagon Now Says

7:24pm May 29, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The numbers are more than the Pentagon's Thursday estimate of nine states and a U.S. Air Force base in South Korea. News organizations named Australia as the other country that received the samples.

Dugway Proving Ground military base, seen here in 2010, was the source of several anthrax shipments that are suspected of containing live samples of the disease.

Live Anthrax Was Mistakenly Sent To 9 States And A U.S. Military Base

12:36pm May 28, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The Pentagon says an attempt to ship inactive anthrax samples resulted in live samples being sent to labs in nine U.S. states and to a U.S. Air Force base in South Korea.

Dream Action Coalition Co-director Cesar Vargas, at a news conference on Capitol Hill in 2014. He wants immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children to later be allowed to serve in the military.

GOP Split Over Bill To Let Immigrants In U.S. Illegally Serve In Military

8:20pm May 13, 2015

by Juana Summers

Some members of Congress would like to allow immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally when they were children to serve. But some Republicans are threatening to hold up a key defense bill over it.

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