Defence Secretary John Healey has a message for Russian President Vladimir Putin: "We're hunting your submarines." There has been a "30% rise in Russian vessels threatening UK waters", he says. This, according to Healey, is evidence of increased "Russian aggression right across the board" which he says is impacting Europe, not just Ukraine.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed US military leaders to verify that every member of the department watched the speech he delivered at an unusual gathering of senior officers in Quantico, VA last month and review the policy changes he announced in the wake of that event,

The speech that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will give to hundreds of generals and admirals next week will be about the "warrior ethos" of the military, sources say.

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Democrats, Republicans and President Trump are "failing to govern" amid the ongoing government shutdown. Why it matters: Panetta warned that defense spending can't depend on a patchwork of continuing resolutions,

Anthony Tata pushed Islamophobic conspiracy theories against Obama and a former CIA director. The DOD is putting him in charge of staffing policies.

A Republican openly laughed at Pete Hegseth over a stunt in which the defense secretary tried to cosplay as Tom Cruise’s Top Gun character. Adam Kinzinger, a former Illinois congressman who was one of two Republicans on the House select committee that investigated the Jan.

The U.K. is prepared to deploy British troops to Ukraine to secure a future peace deal in the country, British Defense Secretary John Healey has said, ahead of a planned meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.