Andrew Tilghman

The Defense Department has failed to follow through on several key initiatives designed to reduce ethics problems and poor professionalism in the military, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

Hundreds of U.S. military families are urged to leave southern Turkey amid new concerns about safety, a defense official said Thursday.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter told troops and veterans Tuesday that he’s looking at some large-scale reforms for the military’s personnel system, but that careers in uniform should remain distinct because not all civilian-sector solutions will fit the

A detailed blueprint for how to rebuild the military personnel system is on Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s desk.

Pentagon reviews of tobacco use and the medals system are unresolved.

U.S. forces in South Korea have resumed an annual military exercise that was halted Wednesday amid a spike in tensions with North Korea and threats of war from Pyongyang.

U.S. military officials in Iraq have issued preliminary confirmation that Islamic State militants used mustard gas in a mortar attack on Kurdish forces in August, a Defense Department official said.

Germany, temporary home to about 38,000 U.S. service members, is the latest nation to join the growing list of places where same-sex U.S. military spouses can receive command sponsorship for full legal protections overseas.

The Pentagon will significantly expand the number of daily drone sorties conducted around the globe during the next several years.