Deputy chief of staff to the secretary of defense has resigned amid Pentagon purge

BREAKING NEWS: Deputy chief of staff to the secretary of defense has resigned amid Pentagon purge Deputy Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense Alexis Ross has resigned, a US defense official told CNN Thursday Chief of Staff Jen Stewart had already submitted her resignation Tuesday    Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper in … Read more

Pentagon awards firm contract to build mini space station

Is the US creating the first military space station? Pentagon moves to design a mini ‘orbital outpost’ for government experiments The Department of Defense announced last year it wants to build a space station The group has awarded the contract to aerospace firm Sierra Nevada Corp The firm will transform its Shooting Star cargo ship … Read more

Pentagon moves to design a mini ‘orbital outpost’ for government experiments 

Is the US creating the first military space station? Pentagon moves to design a mini ‘orbital outpost’ for government experiments The Department of Defense announced last year it wants to build a space station The group has awarded the contract to aerospace firm Sierra Nevada Corp The firm will transform its Shooting Star cargo ship … Read more

Trump arrives at West Point for annual commencement amid tensions with the Pentagon

Donald Trump called for the 1,100 West Point graduates to be ‘part of one team, and one family, proudly serving one American nation’ during his commencement address, in what appeared to be a veiled reference to the nationwide George Floyd protests and amid his own tensions with the Pentagon over his infamous photo op in … Read more

Former Pentagon Chief James Mattis rips Donald Trump as someone who ‘tries to divide us’

Former Defense Secretary James Mattis has broken months of silence and penned an op-ed where he denounces Donald Trump’s leadership and endorses the aims of the protesters. Mattis condemned the flexing of military might against protests he calls a legitimate response to demands for equal justice. He writes that his former commander in chief is … Read more

Donald Trump’s own Pentagon chief publicly tells him NOT to use the Insurrection Act

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper told reporters Wednesday he was opposed to invoking the 1807 Insurrection Act to send the U.S. military to impose control of cities – even as the president talked tough on Twitter and ordered an infantry battalion to Washington, D.C. It was a statement that caught the White House off guard … Read more

The ONLY way to picnic: Scientists say groups must sit in a hexagon, pentagon or parallelogram

Groups should picnic in the shape of a parallelogram, a hexagon or pentagon if they want to meet together while still maintaining social distancing and good hygiene, experts have said. From Monday, up to six people will be allowed to meet both in public spaces and in private gardens in England for the first time … Read more

The ONLY way to picnic: Scientists say groups must sit in a hexagon, pentagon or parallelogram

Groups should picnic in the shape of a parallelogram, a hexagon or pentagon if they want to meet together while still maintaining social distancing and good hygiene, experts have said. From Monday, up to six people will be allowed to meet both in public spaces and in private gardens in England for the first time … Read more

US ‘would lose a war with China fought in the Pacific’, Pentagon sources warn

The US would lose a war with China fought in the Pacific, is unable to defend Taiwan from an invasion and fears the Guam military base is at risk now, US defense sources have warned.  ‘Eye-opening’ Pentagon war games have revealed growing fears the US is vulnerable to threats from China and that any attack … Read more

US ‘would lose a war with China fought in the Pacific’, Pentagon sources warn

The US would lose a war with China fought in the Pacific, is unable to defend Taiwan from an invasion and fears the Guam military base is at risk now, US defense sources have warned.  ‘Eye-opening’ Pentagon war games have revealed growing fears the US is vulnerable to threats from China and that any attack … Read more