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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis traveled to Texas to the U.S.-Mexico border to meet with some of the estimated 5,900 active-duty U.S. troops deployed there in support of the Department of Homeland Security.
Three Army majors have been selected as White House Fellows for the Class of 2018–2019 after a rigorous competition for the opportunity to spend a year working at the highest ranks of the federal government.
President Donald Trump praised the 10th Mountain Division during an Aug. 13 visit to Fort Drum, N.Y., and joked with the crowd.
The Trump administration has decided to move ahead with plans to create a Space Force as the sixth branch of the armed services, Vice President Mike Pence announced Aug. 9 at a Pentagon press conference. “The Space Force is the next and natural evolution of American military strength,” he said.
The Nov. 10 military parade in Washington, D.C., ordered by President Donald Trump to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I has been authorized by Congress with a couple of restrictions.
The House Armed Services Committee is poised to approve the Army’s request for a modest 4,000-soldier increase in Regular Army troop strength but plans no fiscal year 2019 boost in the size of the Army National Guard and Army Reserve.
Four states have deployed National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, answering a call to action from President Donald Trump.
The commitment so far totals more than 1,500 troops to meet a demand of 2,000 to 4,000 from the White House.
President Donald Trump’s order to deploy U.S. troops to the border with Mexico isn’t the first time they’ve been there in the modern era.
A World War II intelligence officer who exposed himself to enemy fire so he could better direct artillery onto an approaching German assault will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor later this year in a White House ceremony.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in a March 26 memo calls for an aggressive, all-hands effort in the Pentagon to wisely spend the additional money provided by Congress for military programs.