Despite the White House previously said it would not take part in any retaliatory attack by Israel against Iran, and the Jewish state issued "limited" strikes on Friday anyway.
Pentagon chief Austin Lloyd met with his Chinese counterpart for the first time since 2022 in an attempt to open communications between the to militaries and ease rising tensions.
The DOD reported that a new policy that provided for taxpayer funding of abortion travel for service members was used only 12 times between June and December 2023.
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper predicted that Iran will launch a retaliatory strike at Israel after a missile hit Tehran's consulate in Damascus, Syria.
The Pentagon confirmed a senior Defense Department official who attended last year's NATO summit in Lithuania had symptoms similar to those characteristic of βHavana syndrome."
A group of military chaplains have asked the Supreme Court to stop the DOD from enforcing policies that they say are punishing those who filed religious objections to the COVID-19 vaccine.