Early Bird Brief

"We are in the middle of another epochal change,” Adm. Samuel Paparo recently said.

Austin was hospitalized on Jan. 1 after complications from a surgery for prostate cancer.

McConnell is the longest serving leader in the Senate's history.

Female veterans account for nearly 10% of veterans in the VA system. 

The review comes days before Austin is set to testify before Congress on the incident.

The Pentagon’s new defense-industrial strategy calls for “generational” investment in the industrial base.

Chief Fire Controlman Bryce Steven Pedicini faces eight espionage charge specifications for alleged crimes that occurred between November 2022 and May.

Navy leaders hope to reverse a troubling trend that culminated in the service falling well short of its annual recruiting goal for the first time

The drone-downing is only the latest in a string of attacks on the shipping lanes in the Red Sea vital to the global economy. 

Reporter Jen Judson and analyst Tom Karako discuss growing worldwide air and missile defense activity from Patriot batteries in Ukraine to persistent Red Sea attacks to what might be needed to prevent another Tower 22-like attack.