Tag: department of defense

The civilian protection mission was dissolved as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority.

If there is any hope of salvaging this country’s (not to speak of this planet’s) future, then this history has to be faced, and we must recover—or perhaps discover—our moral bearings.

It’s run by Nathan Albers, who previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to a scheme to hire and conceal undocumented workers.

William Hartung blasts the promised budget as “completely unnecessary” and says that “almost the only beneficiaries are going to be the weapons manufacturers.”

Will the U.S. military under Lloyd Austin's leadership recover its long-lost awesomeness?

The report noted that the DOD has been susceptible to multiple forms of fraud schemes, including fraudulent bid submissions, counterfeit parts, billing for work not performed, and disguising conflicts of interest.

A handful of multibillion-dollar chemical companies have waged war on our bodies and our environment for nearly 70 years without our knowledge...

Yet with few exceptions, the U.S. military’s significant contribution to climate change has received little attention.

The Pentagon will never be forced to make significant reforms until Americans stop believing in (and consenting to) its comforting lies.

"The effects of a changing climate are a national security issue with potential impacts to Department of Defense (DoD or the Department) missions, operational plans, and installations."