US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark A. Milley held a news conference at the Pentagon following a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, the fourth such meeting of defense leaders from around the globe since the war in Ukraine started. ...
The US Army has so far recruited just around half of the 60,000 new soldiers it hoped to enlist by October 1, officials said on Tuesday, saying that if the downward trend is not reversed, it could have a significant impact on combat readiness in the coming years. “We’ve got ...