Then-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley named Black to the position that serves as the chairman's "direct tie to the enlisted force." Black, then a 35-year Marine veteran ...

By Eric Schmitt Reporting from Tampa, Fla. For Gen. Dan Caine, the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Thursday was a homecoming of sorts. An F-16 pilot with 150 combat flight hours ...

This is the first time a general—a rank normally reserved for ground forces—ascends to the position of First Sea Lord.

By Eric Schmitt Gen. Dan Caine, the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made an unannounced visit to the southwestern border over the weekend for a firsthand look at the military’s ...

Joe Kasper, Hegseth’s chief of staff, is the fourth top official to be ousted in the last week amid turmoil at the Pentagon.

Hegseth shouted at Adm. Christopher Grady, the then-acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after learning of the leak, sources told the Wall Street Journal Thursday. The defense secretary ...

Gen. Dan Caine, the new chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made an unannounced visit to the southwestern border over the weekend for a firsthand look at the military’s growing role in helping ...

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The spate of departures and firings — which also have targeted nearly a dozen senior military officials, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Navy’s top admiral — is a ...

In a memo released Monday, Hegseth argued that senior leaders should be "unencumbered by unnecessary bureaucratic layers that ...

In February, Hegseth, who has derided diversity efforts because he says they weaken the military, fired a series of senior officers, including the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ...