The compromise version of the defense policy bill reflects lawmakers’ concern about Hegseth’s February purge of three judge advocates general.

Analysts had warned that the $156 billion reconciliation bill might lead to efforts unsustainable without more money.

The service continues to unravel its “reoptimization for Great Power Competition” strategy.

The agency has also been reorganizing some of its mission priorities, which is not uncommon at the beginning of presidential administrations.

The U.S. Senate and House Armed Services committees will open bipartisan inquiries amid conflicting Trump-administration statements.

House Republicans are adamant that the end of the war not be the “Munich Agreement all over again.”

But the renamed U.S. Digital Service continues its work, as do DOGE teams throughout government, Office of Personnel Management says.

The centralization of the ICBM, B-21, F-47, and Air Force One programs appears at odds with the Pentagon’s professed acquisition approach, one expert said.

No previous deputy director has received access to some of the country’s most sensitive secrets without passing a standard bureau background check, insiders say.

Big defense contractors have “conned” services into believing they need bespoke systems, the Army secretary said.