The defense secretary has disparaged restrictive rules for opening fire that are aimed at reducing the risk of mistakes and ...

The secretary of the United States Department of Defense--picked apparently because he impressed his current boss as a weekend talk-show host--said the other day, in front of the press, on the record, ...

Army chief urges strict adherence to human rights and rules of engagement to boost trust, intelligence, and operational effectiveness.

A serious military does not celebrate destruction as proof of strength. And it does not treat the rules that govern force as ...

Pete Hegseth keeps using terms like “no quarter” and “maximum lethality” for the Iran war, even as he purges DOD of JAG lawyers.

The term is defined as refusing to spare surrendering troops and killing them instead, a clear violation of the Geneva ...

The war in Iran suggests many of the doctrines, rules and assumptions that shaped US military strategy for decades may no longer apply. Margaret MacMillan, an emeritus professor of history at the ...

There were many reasons behind Trump's decision to attack — but none of them were about US national security ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said there would be ‘no quarter, no mercy’ as US continues to pummel Iran.

The widening war in the Middle East and its growing impact on civilians came under scrutiny at the UN in Geneva on Monday, as ...

Rep. Dan Crenshaw, whose term as representative of Texas' 2nd congressional district is set to end following his loss in the ...