Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the formation of a task force intended to bolster and coordinate recruitment by the military services, the Pentagon said in a Wednesday news release.

Army helicopters are continuing attempts to contain a brush fire at the Schofield Barracks Range Complex in Hawaii that has already burned about 570 acres since it began.

Scarborough Shoal has reemerged as the focal point of tensions between Manila and Beijing in the South China Sea, according to a report released by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative.

The Hawaii Legislature has established a position for a Red Hill cleanup “czar” who will coordinate state policy regarding contamination left by the fuel storage facility.

During the sentencing at the Wheeler Army Airfield courthouse, Judge Rebecca Farrell said she imposed the maximum sentence on Pfc. Dewayne Johnson II due to “particularly aggravating facts” in the case.

The family of Mischa Johnson described her persona and how her loss has affected them during court-martial proceedings against her husband, Army Pfc. Dewayne A. Johnson II, who admitted to killing her and their unborn child with a machete last summer, dismembering her body and disposing of it in a dumpster bound for an incinerator.

Army Pfc. Dewayne Arthur Johnson II, a cavalry scout with the 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii, pleaded guilty Tuesday to the rage-fueled killing of his wife and her unborn child with a machete last summer.

Pfc. Dewayne Arthur Johnson, the Hawaii-based soldier accused of killing his young wife and unborn child last summer, has agreed to plead guilty in a negotiated plea deal, according to the Army.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will attend the annual Shangri-La Dialogue this week in Singapore, where he is scheduled to deliver a speech and meet with defense leaders from across Southeast Asia, the Pentagon announced.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered sweeping changes to the military’s household goods moving system, citing ongoing frustration among service members with a newly instituted contracting system.