Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Air Force Gen. Dan Caine (center), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, looks on as Air Force Lt. Gen. Evan L. Pettus (far left) ...

The Pentagon’s recurrent elevation of special suggests that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth particularly values discipline and lethality at the department’s senior-most levels. The Department of ...

Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey officially relinquished his duties Friday, passing command responsibilities to his deputy, Lt. General Evan L. Pettus, an Air Force fighter pilot. The relinquishment of command ...

MIAMI — The U.S. Southern Command, the Pentagon’s combatant outpost based in Miami-Dade County that is at the center of escalating tensions in the southern Caribbean, has a new commander. Navy Adm.