The Defense Department’s Inspector General has spent several weeks interviewing Hegseth’s current and former staff members.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth highlights historic military recruitment numbers, with the Army alone reaching 61,000 recruits for fiscal year 2025, driven by renewed patriotism.

After long months when President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk appeared united in their chaotic mission to remake ...

As transgender service members face a deadline to leave the U.S. military, hundreds are taking the financial bonus to depart ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth honored the sacrifices of the soldiers who died landing in France 81 years ago. But there was ...

Germany’s efforts to ramp up defense spending won it praise when Berlin was held up as an example for Asian countries to ...

Pete Hegseth slammed for ‘direct attack’ against military reporters: ‘Never seen anything like this’ - Defense Secretary ...

To accomplish this, Hegseth ordered the military to cut at least 20% of four ... preempting the type of criticism that has targeted the Trump administration’s previous administrative cuts.

Troops also make frequent jabs at Hegseth's past infidelity – though many posts also levy serious and thoughtful criticism of his ability to effectively lead the military. Military.com spoke ...

Recent criticism has focused on the failure ... A third group of Hegseth skeptics are retired military officers of senior rank whose frequent criticisms of his qualifications for office and ...