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"Sánchez’s youngest son, a third grader, could not accept for days that his father was gone. He kept asking adults if his father could have survived the explosion, noting he might still be at sea." apnews.com/article/trum...

Nearly every new defense secretary since the end of the Cold War has at some point declared war on the Pentagon’s sclerotic bureaucracy. And then came Pete Hegseth: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

Latest Army general to be jammed up over alleged wokeness is Pat Work, who led the Ranger company that fast-roped into the Korengal to recover the bodies during Operation Red Wings and was the 82nd brigade commander who dug ISIS out of Mosul

Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation We spoke with 20 current and former military officials about the purge. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

"The utter unpredictability of Mr. Hegseth’s moves, as described in interviews w/ 20 current and former military officials, has created an atmosphere of anxiety and mistrust that has forced senior officers to take sides and, at times, pitted them against one another." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

This is one of my favorite feature stories of the year so far. Every sentence is great. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...

A really interesting essay on the meaning of patriotism in our messy era. George Packer writes more compellingly about our democracy and the threats to it than yone out there right now. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

George C. Wilson was one of the greats to cover the military and the Pentagon. He tromped through the mud with soldiers in Vietnam and played a key role in bringing the Pentagon papers to light. A snapshot of what we're losing with these new press rules. wapo.st/4nrLjUl

On a day when we're all turning in our press passes, here is one of my favorite stories from my days covering the Pentagon. "More than 500 reporters cover the Pentagon. One is Raymond Cromley, sole representative of Cromley News Service." www.wsj.com/articles/SB1...

"The public has a right to know how the government and the military are operating."

The Army’s Race to Catch Up in a World of Deadly Drones. Terrific photos and video from Meridith Kohut. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

The Army’s Race to Catch Up in a World of Deadly Drones. The U.S. military had believed that drones would keep troops out of harm's way. Instead they are making war deadlier for everyone. My story on how the Army is reckoning with this new kind of war. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

This program rescued Army recruiting. My story from a really inspiring week at Ft. Jackson, S.C. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

My story on the program the fascinating program that saved Army recruiting and the trainees it is helping become soldiers. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

Hegseth credits a "Trump Bump, but this program rescued Army recruiting. My story from Ft. Jackson, S.C. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

ICE had made only 85 arrests in Washington from Jan. 20 through the end of July. But from early August until mid-September, ICE made around 1,200 arrests, according to officials with knowledge of the data. We detail how that happened: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...

The best posture for the American military in febrile political times is inertness. They cannot save us …and we should neither want nor expect them to.” via @kschake.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/01/t...

After 9/11, U.S. Special Forces were hailed as national heroes. Some crossed legal and moral lines. Mathew Golsteyn became the subject of national controversy after he was accused of killing a civilian he claims was a Taliban bomb maker. He shared his story for the first time. nyti.ms/4nWsvwY

Senior officers, entrusted to manage complex military operations, were summoned from around the world. They got a lecture on fitness and grooming standards. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

A Novice Defense Secretary Lectures the Brass on What It Takes to Win. My news analysis of Hegseth's speech. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

The Pentagon is restoring a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee, which includes a slave guiding the Confederate general’s horse in the background, to the West Point library three years after a congressionally mandated commission ordered it removed, officials said. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...

Even in the annals of an erratic presidency, Trump's Alaska meeting stands out as a reversal of historic proportions. Trump abandoned his goal of an immediate cease-fire and bowed to Putin’s approach of seeking a broader deal requiring Ukraine to give up territory. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...

“This isn’t about me,” Jen Easterly wrote last week. “This is about something larger.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...

Jen Easterly’s rise in elite policy circles over three decades and her sudden fall at the hands of Laura Loomer tell the story of how Washington is changing during President Trump’s second term and why it might never be the same. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...

All four-star general nominees must now interview with President Trump. The goal is to "ensure they are war fighters first — not bureaucrats,” says the WH. Some fear it could politicize the general officer corps. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/u...

Incredible story about Volkswagen, and modern day slavery in the Amazon via @terrencemccoy.bsky.social wapo.st/46sX08n

A standoff over a senior officer's promotion reflects an ongoing clash between Hegseth’s highly partisan worldview and the longstanding tradition of an apolitical military that pledges an oath to the Constitution www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/u...

General Caine Faces His First Big Test Under Trump “In President Trump’s view, generals are chest-thumping, tough-talking cheerleaders for the military and the operations he, as commander in chief, orders them to carry out.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...

A reporter in the briefing room tried to bring Mr. Trump’s timeline into our shared space time continuum but the White House didn’t seem ready for that voyage. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/w...

Fear of the New York City subway is a mark of low moral character. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...

These are dangerous times for the U.S. military. A war, a divisive domestic mission and a force in grave danger of being politicized. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...

These are dangerous times for the U.S. military. A war, a divisive domestic mission and a force in grave danger of being politicized. This exchange between Sen. Slotkin and Sec. Hegseth captures the tension. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...

An Afghan man who worked as a translator for the U.S. military during the war was detained by ICE after showing up for a hearing inside of a federal courthouse in San Diego, his attorney says. He fears that if he returns to Afghanistan, he would be tortured or even killed, @nbcsandiego.com reports.

Shameful. Disgraceful.👇

@gregjaffe.bsky.social does it again. Then BG Tom Vandal was my boss and mentor in 3ID and Iraq. At that time Maj Vandal was a cadet. Selected for command, her world comes crashing now. This piece honors both. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

Maj. Erica Vandal had spent her entire life in the Army as a military brat, a USMA cadet and an artillery officer. Her bosses described her as a “a superb officer.” Here's what happened when Trump/Hegseth trans ban cast her out. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

Maj. Erica Vandal had spent her entire life in the Army as a military brat, a USMA cadet and an artillery officer. Her OERs described her as a “a superb officer.” The Trump/Hegseth trans ban cast her out. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

Main parade takeaway: Everyone seemed BORED including President Trump. It’s a fighting army, not a marching army.

Thanks so much for sharing!

The Army turns away from its recent past as it confronts an uncertain future. "A forced exercise in forgetting about the last 20 years of war,” says Carter Malkasian, who served in Afghanistan. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...

Trump's throwing the Army (and himself) a big parade this weekend. The Army, meanwhile, is in the midst of a pretty big identity crisis. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...

Jonathan Clements knew exactly what he wanted instead: to launch Roth IRA accounts for young people from poor families who have never invested before, with the objective of turning them into lifelong savers. www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

Pete Hegseth’s culture war hits West Point. Books banned, syllabuses scrubbed, two professors resign in protest, the librarian quit. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...

The @nytimes got a draft of a new EO that has drastic changes to US diplomacy: eliminating sub Saharan Africa embassies and getting rid of neutral foreign service exam to instead recruit those in “alignment with the president’s foreign policy vision” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...

Stop what you’re doing and read this: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/a...

Why Trump hardliners rushing to defend Bridge Colby? What a Pentagon nomination tells us about the new rules of Washington. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...

So excited to see Sean Baker won an Oscar for Anora. Stopped by the Magic Castle — where he shot The Florida Project — on a reporting trip in 2020.

In Pursuit of a ‘Warrior Ethos,’ Hegseth Targets Military’s Top Lawyers My first story at the new place. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...