Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is bidding farewell to the forces and personnel he's led through a tumultuous term.

1975 - Austin is commissioned as a second lieutenant in the US Army upon graduation from West Point. Over the next 20 years, he holds a number of leadership positions and is stationed at bases in ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s failure to inform Congress or the White House as required when he was incapacitated due to ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization scandal last year increased national security risks and should have been ...

The Pentagon inspector general found in its review of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's hospitalization last year that it "increased unnecessarily" the risks to national security, even if ...

The secrecy surrounding Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s hospitalizations in late 2023 and early 2024 “increased unnecessarily” the risks to US national security, the Pentagon’s ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An investigation released on Wednesday into U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's secret 2024 hospitalization found his desire for privacy drove notification failures inside the ...

(Reuters) -Outgoing U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has recommended a boost in defense spending by about $50 billion more ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a Department of Defense Commander in Chief farewell ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is bidding farewell to the forces and personnel he's led through a tumultuous term WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin bid farewell Friday to the forces and ...