U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited Hawaii, March 24-26, 2025, where he received briefings on regional security challenges and the strength of alliances and partnerships across the Indo-Pacific...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visited Japan from Dec. 8-11, meeting with defense officials, senior U.S. and Japanese leaders to reaffirm the two nations’ alliance and discuss regional security concerns...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Oahu, Hawaii -- In his last stop before leaving Hawaii, United States Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter held a “troop talk” with the United States Air Force, U.S. Army, Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and the Coast Guard here, Friday, Nov. 6, 2015.The event, which was...

WASHINGTON -- The Asia-Pacific will be the economic driver for the world in the years to come, and that is why rebalancing the U.S. military to the region makes such sense, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said today at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii.“It is the single part of the world that...

Ash Carter, who was sworn in earlier today as the 25th secretary of defense, laid out his top priorities in a message to the DoD workforce. Carter’s message reads as follows: To all Department of Defense personnel: I am honored to become your Secretary of Defense. I am proud to lead men and women...