Sen. Tommy Tuberville had blocked Lt. Gen. Ronald P. Clark’s promotion amid scrutiny of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s secretive hospitalization last winter.
With Israel’s killing of Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah, the Pentagon is bracing for retaliatory action from Tehran’s network of militias and militant groups.
It was the first time the United States used these stealth bombers against the Houthis, who have targeted commercial and military vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
Gen. Michael “Erik” Kurilla has been one of the Biden administration’s key emissaries to Israel and other Middle Eastern partners since the Gaza war began.
For the first time since the Gaza war began, the U.S. will have no aircraft carrier nearby. Meanwhile, a weapons shortage has left the Pentagon spread thin.