U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that he has issued a directive aimed at reforming the military’s Chaplain Corps.

The sprawling legislation includes a provision seeking video and other materials detailing the Trump administration’s military activities in Latin America.

The defense secretary spoke after briefing senators on the administration’s operations against what it calls “narco-terrorists.”

The Pentagon did not conduct a routine investigation into the impact of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s disclosure of sensitive military information in a group chat on Signal earlier this year and whether it damaged national security – in part because Hegseth never authorized it,

A Pentagon investigation found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth could have endangered U.S. troops after he put sensitive information about a military operation in a Signal group chat and used his personal device.

WASHINGTON – Continuing with the concept of firsts for the Defense Department, the Pentagon held a Christmas worship service on Wednesday led by the Rev. Franklin Graham.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is nearing final passage Wednesday of an annual military policy bill that will authorize $901 billion in defense programs while pressuring Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide lawmakers with video of strikes on alleged drug boats in international water near Venezuela.

Calling Geressy “my toughest critic and my best mentor,” Hegseth in March presented him with the Distinguished Service Cross, the Army’s second-highest award for valor, for Geressy’s conduct following an ambush in Baghdad in 2007.