Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Republican chairs of the House and Senate Armed Services committees issued a joint statement Wednesday criticizing the idea of ...

The digital combatant command was among the “first movers” in the operation against Iran, Joint Chiefs Chair Dan Caine said.

What if I told you a major U.S. Department of Defense component assumed responsibility for building a critical warfighting capability negligently disregarded this duty, and ultimately allowed this ...

The top Republicans on the Senate and House Armed Services committees said Wednesday night they are “very concerned” about reports the Pentagon is weighing major changes to the military’s combatant ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Senior Pentagon officials are preparing a plan that would downgrade several major U.S. military ...

Lt. Gen. Michael Lutton, U.S. Strategic Command; Gen. Stephen Whiting, U.S. Space Command; and Gen. Gregory Guillot, U.S. Northern Command, speak Feb. 24, 2026, at ...

To effectively prepare for great power threats, the Pentagon must streamline and consolidate its regional command system. The current structure of the Unified Command Plan (UCP)—the document that ...

Senior Republicans have said they are "very concerned" about reported Pentagon discussions on widespread changes to the U.S. military structure and footprint abroad, as extensive government cuts start ...

In response to the changing face of warfare, U.S. Cyber Command will be elevated tomorrow to a combatant command, chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White said today. “The cyber domain will define ...

There is renewed debate over reducing the number of combatant commands, with advocates citing cost savings and improved unity of effort. Secretary Hegseth argues that streamlining command ...

If the Trump administration wants to cut Pentagon waste and avoid future wars, it should set its sights on abolishing the Combatant Command system. The torrent of foreign policy news in the second ...