The Pentagon's Defense Logistics Agency failed to properly document hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of funding for construction projects, according to an internal audit performed by the auditor Ernst & Young.
The US Defense Department was forced to correct several mistakes in its Nuclear Posture Review after an initial version of the report released last week labeled Taiwan as part of China and included the disputed Kuril islands in a chart depicting Russia.
A Russian Su-27 jet performed an unsafe intercept of a US Navy surveillance plane while it was flying in international airspace over the Black Sea Monday, three defense officials told CNN.
The US Air Force has deployed six nuclear-capable B-52 Stratofortress bombers to Guam, according to US Pacific Air Forces, adding more firepower to the region just hours after North Korean state media mocked President Donald Trump's tweet referencing the size of his nuclear button as the "spasm of a lunatic."
The US military has issued new guidance on how transgender individuals will be admitted to the armed services in the new year.
Despite recent ISIS setbacks, the Pentagon said Tuesday that the US military mission in Syria would continue until areas reclaimed from ISIS are stabilized, adding that US troops would only withdraw when "conditions" on the ground allowed.
Allegations that multiple US service members had "improper contact" with foreign women while on President Donald Trump's Asia tour have spurred an investigation and led to their reassignment, The Washington Post reports, attributing the information to officials familiar with the situation.
Senate armed services committee chairman John McCain threatened Tuesday to block President Donald Trump's deputy defense secretary nominee.
Secretary of Defense James Mattis confirmed Wednesday that President Donald Trump has given him the authority to make decisions about how many US troops are deployed to Afghanistan without first having to get formal agreement from the White House.
The Pentagon said it conducted an air strike against the Al-Shabaab group in Somalia early Sunday morning.
