The Mission of the Institute is to provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write in order to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to national defense.
The United States will keep targeting al-Qaida anywhere in the world, including in countries unable or unwilling to do it themselves, the top U.S. counterterror official says.
The United States accused Pakistan of having ties with a militant group Washington blames for an assault on the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, demonstrating the strained relations between the two nations.
The Department of Veterans Affairs will soon begin making retroactive payments to troops who suffered severe injuries outside a combat zone between Oct. 7, 2001, and Nov. 30, 2005.
The minimum years of commissioned service (YCS) required for selected officers for retirement purposes has been temporarily reduced from 10 to eight years, officials said Sept. 15.
The Senate Appropriations Committee has voted unanimously for a defense spending bill that provides $513 billion for the Pentagon’s base budget, freezing spending at 2011 levels.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Congress that if lawmakers fail to agree on debt-ceiling talks and trigger $1 trillion in Pentagon budget cuts, they could add 1 percentage point to the nation’s jobless rate.
Contracts to begin primary construction of the second and third DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyers for the U.S. Navy were awarded Sept. 15, the service announced.
President Obama has decided to OK a new arms package to Taiwan that likely will contain upgrades for the island's F-16s, but will not include any new versions of the fighter jet.
America and Australia plan to add cyber warfare to their countries' joint defense treaty to reflect the "battlefield of the future," U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said.