John Phelan and his chief of staff are taking control of the duties that would have gone to the future Navy undersecretary.

Chaos in the Pentagon over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s indecision and flip-flopping prompted President Donald Trump’s ...

The National Security Act also created the United States Air Force, also under the purview of the secretary of defense. The Department of Defense would gain its current name when the National ...

Senate confirms Gen. Mike Guetlein as director of the Office of Golden Dome, enhancing U.S. missile defense against advanced ...

Official websites use .mil A .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of Defense organization in the United States ...

The secretary is responsible for making sure those people are able to do their jobs – which, collectively, is to defend the United States, the American people and U.S. interests. READ MORE: What ...

Today, I ask Lloyd Austin to once more take on a mission for the United States of America—this time as the secretary-designate of the Department of Defense. I know he will do an outstanding job.

President-elect Joe Biden has named retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin as his nominee for secretary of defense, the Biden transition team announced Tuesday.. The former commander of the US Central ...