Forts Bragg and Benning revert to old names, with a twist – CBS News Watch CBS News Fort Bragg and Fort Benning were among bases named after Confederate generals that were changed under the Biden administration. Now, they’re reverting back to their old names, but not honoring the original namesakes. As Jim Axelrod reports, not…
Pentagon firings expand to top military lawyers – CBS News Watch CBS News A bipartisan group of former U.S. defense secretaries are now asking Congress to investigate the Trump administration’s firing of top brass at the Pentagon, according to a letter obtained by the Associated Press. Charlie D’Agata reports on another Pentagon purge that could…
The U.S. will begin removing transgender troops from the military within 30 days unless they obtain a waiver on a case-by-case basis, the Pentagon said in a Wednesday memo. The memo became public as part of a court filing in a case challenging President Trump’s late January executive order that was aimed at barring military…
Trump fires top-ranking military officer in an unprecedented move – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump fired Four Star Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown, the highest-ranking military officer in the U.S. Trump said he will nominate Three Star Air Force Let. Gen. Dan Caine as the replacement. Willie James Inman has the details. Be the…
The high cost of using military planes for deportation – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump says he is looking to eliminate wasteful spending in the federal government., but that may be at odds with what he’s doing to keep another campaign promise. Jason Allen has been investigating what it’s costing American taxpayers to…
One United States service member and three defense contractors are dead after a small airplane crashed in the Philippines on Thursday, officials said. The aircraft was “providing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support” at the request of allies in the Philippines, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Public Affairs said in a news release. It was a routine mission…
President Trump signed multiple executive orders Monday night that could reshape the management and composition of the military, with provisions addressing diversity measures, transgender service members, and troops who were discharged for refusing COVID vaccinations. He also signed an executive order to establish a process to develop what the administration is calling an American Iron…
The Chinese intelligence officer who convinced Thomas Zhao to hand over sensitive information about the U.S. military seemed to know the 24-year-old U.S. Navy petty officer had a passion for the stock market. The agent approached Zhao in a stock trading chat group on the Chinese-owned social media network WeChat, CBS News learned in interviews…
A United States pilot who disappeared while conducting a spy mission during the Vietnam War has finally been accounted for, military officials said Tuesday. U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing was assigned to the 557th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 12th Tactical Fighter Wing, 7th Air Force in September 1967, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency…
Breaking down the U.S. military implications of Assad’s fall – CBS News Watch CBS News President-elect Donald Trump is now signaling that the U.S. military should not intervene in Syria, posting on social media over the weekend, “this is not our fight.” Charlie D’Agata has more on U.S. interests in Syria, which include hundreds of…