The Department of Defense is America's largest government agency. Our mission is to provide the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation's security.

1 day ago · Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth held an introductory call with Israeli Minister of Defense Israel Katz to reaffirm the unbreakable bond between the United States and Israel.

The United States Department of Defense (DoD, [2] USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising the five U.S. armed services, the Army; Navy; Marines; Air Force; Space Force; the Coast Guard for some purposes, and related functions and agencies. As of November 2022, the department has over 1.4 million ...

5 days ago · Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was sworn into his new role leading America's 3.5 million service members and civilians by Vice President JD Vance.

2 days ago · Longstanding Department of Defense (DoD) policy (DoD Instruction (DoDI) 6130.03) provides that it is the policy of the DoD to ensure that service members are “ [f]ree of medical conditions or ...

5 days ago · Pete Hegseth, newly sworn-in as President Trump’s defense secretary, issued his set of priorities for the department on Saturday, saying that the Pentagon will “put America first, and we will ...

The Department of Defense (DOD) provides the military forces needed to deter war, and to protect the security of the United States.

MISSION The mission of the Department of Defense is to provide a lethal Joint Force to defend the security of our country and sustain American influence abroad.

The United States secretary of defense (acronym: SecDef) is the head of the United States Department of Defense (DoD), the executive department of the U.S. Armed Forces, and is a high-ranking member of the federal cabinet. [5][6][7] The secretary of defense's position of command and authority over the military is second only to that of the ...

A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divided into ministries or departments.