Ben Wolfgang

3 days ago | washingtontimes.com | Ben Wolfgang |Guy Taylor

President Trump is weighing the appointment of a high-level “Golden Dome czar,” according to several sources familiar with the deliberations as momentum grows and stakeholders line up behind the administration’s push for a next-generation missile defense shield to protect the entire continental United States.

1 week ago | washingtontimes.com | Ben Wolfgang

TAMPA, Fla. — Elite Special Operations Forces are a core component of America’s ability to project power abroad and protect itself at home, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a fiery speech Tuesday as he decried the “wokeness and weakness” that he said is being eliminated from the military under President Trump’s leadership.

1 week ago | washingtontimes.com | Ben Wolfgang

U.S. Special Operations Forces are positioned to do more than just the high-risk, high-profile counterterrorism missions of the post-9/11 era. With a focus on their Cold War-era roots, America’s elite units also could be the key to preventing a war between the U.S. and its chief adversaries, China and Russia. That was the case made by Stu Bradin, CEO of the Global Special Operations Forces Foundation.

2 weeks ago | washingtontimes.com | Ben Wolfgang

A Navy fighter jet was lost in the Red Sea on Monday after going overboard during an apparent mishap aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, Navy officials said. One sailor sustained minor injuries, officials said. The incident comes amid the ongoing U.S. military campaign against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, in which the aircraft carrier and its support ships are playing a central role.

2 weeks ago | washingtontimes.com | Ben Wolfgang

The U.S. has struck more than 800 targets over the past six weeks as part of the Trump administration’s military campaign against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the Pentagon said late Sunday. Those strikes, defense officials said, have significantly curtailed Houthi attacks against commercial and military ships in and around the Red Sea. U.S. Central Command, which oversees American military operations in the Mideast, said that the strikes have reduced Houthi missile launches by 69%.