Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Troops Removed from DC Security Detail Over Alleged Political Beliefs The guardsmen vetted and removed from the inauguration event were described as 'security liabilities' by anonymous sources. By Kipp Jones January 20, 2021
Brendan Smialowski / AFP ia Getty Images Defense Officials Confirm Trump Is Still Commander in Chief, Refuse to Participate in Military Coup to Oust Him 'They cannot remove the president from the chain of command. That would amount to a military coup, the officials said.' By Kipp Jones January 9, 2021
Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images No Mention of Trump as Acting Secretary of Defense Turns to Pence and Congress Before Rolling Out National Guard The secretary made news when issuing a statement about National Guard deployment by mentioning who he consulted with first. By C. Douglas Golden January 7, 2021
Sarayuth Pinthong / U.S. Air Force Space Force Nearly Tripling in Size, Gaining a Reserve Component in 2021 'I think there's a realization amongst nations that access to space is no longer a given. We've got to make sure that we stay ahead of this growing threat.' By Mike Boyd December 25, 2020
@Debriefmedia / Twitter screen shot DOD Refuses To Respond Directly After Picture of Silver Cube-Like UFO Is Leaked 'The mission of the task force is to detect, analyze and catalog UAPs that could potentially pose a threat to U.S. national security.' By Randy DeSoto December 20, 2020
(Alex Wong / Getty Images) Report: Pentagon Abruptly Halts Biden Transition Briefings In a statement, Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller cast doubt on some aspects of Axios report, though the Biden team fired back. By Erin Coates December 18, 2020
Zhang Wen / Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China US 'Ally' Offers Chinese Troops Training on North American Terrain, Trump's DOD Puts an Immediate Stop to It If left unchecked, there's little doubt that China's global ambitions will play out in disastrous fashion in the coming years. By Jared Harris December 10, 2020
Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Biden Pick for Defense Secretary Will Hit Major Roadblock Thanks to 3 Dem Senators Without the support of Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal, Jon Tester and Elizabeth Warren, Lloyd Austin's nomination could be doomed. By C. Douglas Golden December 10, 2020
Joe Raedle / Getty Images Pentagon Blocks Biden from Meeting with Military Intel Agencies The Biden transition team is upset because its efforts to meet with military intelligence agencies have not yet taken place. By Jack Davis December 6, 2020
Spencer Platt / Getty Images Here's the Worrying COVID Vaccine Card the Government Is Planning To Issue The cards, which will track when a person has gotten their COVID immunizations, were unveiled on Wednesday. By C. Douglas Golden December 4, 2020