Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Saturday he is sending 200 more troops to accelerate the push on the Islamic State's self-declared capital of Raqqa. In a joint appearance In Kabul with ...

In 2015, then-defense secretary Ash Carter Ash Carter announced that beginning in January 2016, all military occupations and positions would be open to women without exception for the first time ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter boarded a U.S. aircraft carrier in the South China Sea as tensions rise over territorial disputes. The WSJ's Eva Tam reports. Bill Gates Discusses Plans to Give ...

Hegseth's remarks challenge the Pentagon's nearly decade-old policy of opening all combat roles to women, a move implemented under then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter in 2015. Carter's decision ...

Defense Secretary Ash Carter recently announced the next round of Force of the Future initiatives. The maternity benefit will now be offered to the over 200,000 women in uniform. Also included in ...

Since then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter opened all combat roles to women in 2016, women have successfully passed the military's grueling tests to become Green Berets and Army Rangers, and the ...

Defense Secretary Ash Carter removed his senior military assistant, a longtime aide and confidante, for unspecified allegations of misconduct. U.S. military officials have proposed sending more ...

Pope Francis traveled to a war zone for the first time, world leaders congregated on the climate and U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced a historic change. Test your knowledge of these ...

Defense Secretary Ash Carter returned to Iraq for a day of meetings with Kurdish officials and for briefings about the fight against Islamic State in northern Iraq. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash ...