Pentagon To End Months-Long Stand-Down Of Osprey Aircraft Grounded After Series Of Deadly Accidents
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has endorsed a plan to lift a months-long grounding of the V-22 Osprey, the Associated Press reported Friday, citing U.S. officials. Representatives of the military that operates the controversial tiltrotor plane announced plans to return it to service in a safe and methodical manner at a meeting at the Pentagon on […]
‘Unprecedented Situation’: Pentagon Spox Struggles To Explain Sec Def’s Behavior During Unknown Hospital Visit
Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said in a Monday briefing that when Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's staff took the initiative to transfer duties to the Pentagon's deputy commander, the secretary “received medical treatment.” “I was focused,” he said. After Mr. Austin's undisclosed hospitalization sparked outrage and confusion over who was in charge, the Pentagon […]
Pentagon Releases Investigation Into Sec Def Austin’s Undisclosed Hospitalization
The Pentagon has determined that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin did not have malicious intent in concealing his Jan. 1 hospitalization from key national security officials, Congress and the president, according to a summary released Monday. In January, the Pentagon conducted a 30-day internal investigation into the circumstances of Austin's disappearance while he was hospitalized […]
‘Have US Deterrence Policies Failed?’: Dana Bash Grills Pentagon Spox After Fatal Drone Attack
CNN host Dana Bash grilled Defense Department deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh on Monday about whether U.S. deterrence efforts had “failed” following a deadly drone attack on a U.S. military base. criticized. Three soldiers were killed and at least 34 others injured in a drone attack on a US military base in Jordan on Sunday. […]
Pentagon Insists Israel Conflict Has Not Escalated After Middle East Chaos Spikes
The Pentagon insisted on Wednesday that the conflict between Israel and Hamas has not spread across the region, as violence escalates following a U.S.-led attack on Houthi strongholds in Yemen and retaliatory attacks on U.S.-flagged commercial ships. did. Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said at a press conference Wednesday that the U.S. and U.K. […]
‘Simply Not Going To Be Messed With’: US Planning For Houthi Retaliation, Pentagon Official Says
The Iranian-backed Houthis are likely to retaliate for strikes by the United States and Britain against dozens of targets in Yemen, which the rebels have used to attack commercial ships and U.S. warships, the Pentagon said. a senior military official said on Friday. Lt. Gen. Douglas Sims, who heads the Joint Staff's operations directorate, said […]
Pentagon Watchdog To Investigate Lloyd Austin’s Undisclosed Disappearance
The Pentagon's official watchdog agency announced it will conduct an internal investigation in December and January into the circumstances surrounding the undisclosed hospitalization of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, according to a memo released to the public Thursday. Austin and the staff closest to him were unable to communicate his prostate cancer diagnosis in early December […]
‘Breach Of Trust’: Senate Republicans Demand Briefing From Pentagon On Defense Sec’s Unknown Hospitalization
In a letter sent Wednesday, Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee requested a formal explanation from Department of Defense (DOD) officials regarding the circumstances surrounding Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's unexplained absence. Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker, the committee's top Republican, led 11 of his Republican colleagues in condemning Austin for not disclosing that he had […]
Pentagon Reveals What Sent Secretary Of Defense Lloyd Austin To The Hospital
The Pentagon said Tuesday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was rushed to the hospital after experiencing nausea and hip pain, which doctors diagnosed as a urinary tract infection. Dr. John Maddox and Dr. Gregory Chesnutt of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center said in a statement provided by the Department of Defense that the secretary […]
Mike Rogers confronts Pentagon secrecy surrounding Sec. Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin I was in the hospital for most of the past week.. It is now known that the Pentagon's top leadership did not notify the White House, the National Security Council, or the House Armed Services Committee about the steps that left the country's top military officials incapacitated for several […]
