Secretary of War Pete Hegseth directed in a memorandum that a barracks task force be stood up to develop a departmentwide investment plan for barracks improvements and report its progress to him within 30 days. 

This week, the War Department adopted a 'drone dominance' philosophy, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth attended the funeral of Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and the department's Office of Inspector General submitted its review to Congress regarding the use of Signal.

Army Brig. Gen. Matt Ross, director of Joint Interagency Task Force 401, visited the National Capital Region Coordination Center to meet with senior leaders from the Department of Homeland Security, the Transportation Security Administration, the Federal Air Marshal Service and Air Force personnel. 

The call for drone dominance has taken center stage recently, with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announcing an ambitious plan to outfit combat units with tens of thousands of unmanned systems in 2026 and hundreds of thousands more by 2027.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth directed in a memorandum that a barracks task force be stood up to develop a departmentwide investment plan for barracks improvements and report its progress to him within 30 days. 

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth welcomed Pål Jonson, Sweden's minister of defense, to the Pentagon for a bilateral engagement.  

The War Department provided an update on the U.S. military's counter-narco-terrorism campaign, Operation Southern Spear, including the casualties inflicted upon suspected narco-terrorists and a reemphasis on how the operation's first kinetic boat strike unfolded.