Five former secretaries of defense are calling on Congress to hold immediate hearings on President Donald Trump’s recent firings of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and several other senior military leaders.

President Donald Trump’s firing of Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is drawing mixed reactions on Capitol Hill.

Building lethality in the military may be the buzzword for the new Trump administration, but busywork and paperwork have become the reality at the Pentagon, as service members and civilian workers are facing a broad mandate to purge all of the department’s social media sites and untangle confusing personnel reduction moves.

It's unclear who'll take over at the Pentagon and the military services when the top leaders all step down Monday as President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office.

The Navy says its highest-ranking military officer has been successfully treated for early-stage breast cancer.

The Navy is taking lessons from its combat in the Red Sea and from what Ukraine has done to hold off the Russians in the Black Sea, and using them to help U.S. military leaders for a potential future conflict with China.

The Senate has unanimously confirmed 11 top-ranking military officers.

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville said he’s open to negotiating an end to his blockade of almost 400 military nominees after meeting with fellow Republican senators, signaling a shift after he has dug in on his protest of a Pentagon abortion policy for more than nine months.

The Senate has confirmed three top military officers, including the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Republican senators have angrily challenged Sen. Tommy Tuberville on his blockade of almost 400 military officers.

The Senate is confirming three of the Pentagon’s top leaders, filling the posts after monthslong delays and as a Republican senator is still holding up hundreds of other nominations and promotions for military officers.

In the months since a single senator froze military promotions over the Pentagon’s abortion policy, the uniformed officers affected have been largely silent, wary of stepping into a political fray.

A senior administration official says President Joe Biden has chosen Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy.

U.S. officials say a Navy admiral with extensive experience in the Indo-Pacific has been recommended to be the service’s next top leader.