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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, answered questions at a Senate Committee on Appropriations hearing about the 2026 budget for the Department of Defense. (Eric Kayne/Stars and Stripes)

U.S.

Hegseth says National Guard troops could be deployed to anti-ICE protests beyond Los Angeles

Hegseth maintained the call-up of 4,000 National Guard members and 700 active-duty Marines was “lawful and constitutional” and said the same process could be employed in other cities.

June 11, 2025

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Washington during a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense oversight hearing . (Eric Kayne/Stars and Stripes)

U.S.

Hegseth says National Guard troops and Marines ‘proud’ to deploy to Los Angeles immigration protests

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the deployment of National Guard troops and Marines to respond to immigration protests in Los Angeles, saying the military would stay involved for 60 days at a cost of $134 million.

June 10, 2025

The U.S. Capitol dome seen through a window of another building.

U.S.

House GOP appropriators propose 3.8% pay raise for troops in flat 2026 defense budget

House appropriators on Monday released a draft of the defense budget that will give service members a 3.8% pay raise, reduce the civilian workforce by nearly 45,000 jobs and keep the Pentagon’s budget flat from 2025 to 2026.

June 9, 2025

Veterans

Veterans commemorated with urn or plaque would get VA burial option under new bill

Families who choose to receive an urn or commemorative plaque on behalf of a deceased veteran forfeit the right to bury that veteran in a national cemetery under a new Department of Veterans Affairs rule.

June 6, 2025

Army

National Guard prepares 20,000 troops for immigration crackdown

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and Gen. Randy George, the service chief of staff, said they did not yet know what role National Guard members would play in the immigration enforcement effort but said troop involvement would be legal and in line with training.

June 5, 2025

A sailor in white uniform poses with is arm around a woman wearing a blue jacket.

Navy

Body of Navy sailor who died at Guantanamo Bay arrives in US

The remains of Seaman Apprentice Aristan Johnson, of Round Rock, Texas, have been transferred to a Navy carry team at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Johnson, 21, was killed Saturday in a single-vehicle accident at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.

June 5, 2025

U.S.

Senate proposes $150B for defense in its version of reconciliation bill

The Senate’s version of a sweeping bill to advance President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda includes nearly $150 billion for defense, deviating slightly from the House’s legislation with extra boosts for munitions and technology and less for shipbuilding.

June 4, 2025

Space Force

Space Command HQ in Colorado “not sustainable” without new construction, report says

New military construction would be needed to support a permanent U.S. Space Command headquarters in Colorado, a government watchdog found as lawmakers continue to argue over the final location of the combatant command.

May 30, 2025

Former U.S. Marine Corps Maj. James Capers, the distinguished guest, salutes the battalion colors during a change of command ceremony for 2d Reconnaissance Battalion (Recon), 2d Marine Division, on Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 18, 2021. During the ceremony, Lt. Col. Geoffrey Hoey relinquished command of 2d Recon to Lt. Col. Eric Tee. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Patrick King)

Veterans

Medal of Honor upgrade sought for recon Marine injured in Vietnam

In April 1967 near the village of Phu Loc in South Vietnam, Maj. James Capers Jr. charged ahead to free his injured men from an enemy assault even though the attack, initiated by claymore mines, ripped open his abdomen and broke his leg.

May 28, 2025

Tommy Tuberville, wearing a blue suit and seen from the side, sits at a table in a congressional hearing room.

U.S.

Tuberville’s military promotion hold disrupted family lives but did not hurt readiness, according to watchdog

The Government Accountability Office found the effect of the hold on 447 military promotions initiated by the Alabama senator varied based on individual circumstances.

May 23, 2025

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