Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell, Patrick Weaver, a special assistant to Hegseth, Ricky Buria, a career Marine who served as a junior military assistant to former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Hegseth, and Justin Fulcher, the founder of a global telehealth startup, will serve as senior advisers.

A pilot was killed Thursday while attempting to land a civilian aircraft at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., base officials said. The crash happened at about 11:39 a.m. when the aircraft landed in preparation for the Air Power Over Hampton Roads air show scheduled for the weekend.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday defended his sharing of sensitive military details for a second time using the Signal messaging app while faulting Pentagon officials who were recently fired for leaking information.

U.S. troops in Syria will begin to consolidate their operations in the country, shutting down some bases in the coming months and leaving less than 1,000 service members there, the Pentagon announced Friday.

Three Army units will deploy to Europe and the Middle East in the summer as part of regular unit rotations, the Army announced Friday.

A third Pentagon official on Wednesday has been placed on administrative leave as part of an ongoing investigation into leaks at the Defense Department, a defense official confirmed.

Dan Caldwell, a senior adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Darin Selnick, the Pentagon’s deputy chief of staff, were placed on administrative leave Tuesday for an “unauthorized disclosure” as part of an ongoing investigation into leaks at the DOD.

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has been appointed as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, replacing FBI Director Kash Patel in that job, a defense official confirmed

The Pentagon and service branches are ramping up efforts to get the word out that service members who refused to take the coronavirus vaccine and want to return to the military have until next April to pursue reinstatement, a senior defense official said Tuesday.

Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield served as the U.S. representative to the NATO Military Committee, the alliance’s group of top uniformed officials. The committee provides advice to NATO’s top military leaders and helps guide long-term strategy.