David Martin

Chevy Chase

Correspondent at CBS News

I've covered the Pentagon for longer than I care to admit -- 5 administrations and 11 Defense Secretaries.

Articles

Israeli officials furious that Signal group chat exposed intelligence, sources say

3 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Jim LaPorta |David Martin |David Martín

New strikes hit Yemen amid Signal fallout Washington — Israeli officials are furious over the Signal chat leak involving senior Trump administration officials because it included sensitive intelligence Israel provided to the U.S. from a human intelligence source in Yemen, CBS News has learned.
Crews return to the Potomac River to recover wreckage from DC midair collision

2 months ago | am970theanswer.com | David Martin |Michael R. Sisak |Claudia Lauer

The sun rises above a wreckage site in the Potomac River across from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) In this undated image provided by the National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB investigators and members of the salvage crew recover wreckage from the Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines jet Wednesday night, Jan.
Marine veteran Joe Dan Worley's purposeful life

Nov 10, 2024 | cbsnews.com | David Martin

We first met Joe Dan Worley 20 years ago, along with his mother, wife Angel, and a three-month-old daughter, at Walter Reed Hospital outside Washington. A medic rushing to the aid of wounded Marines in Iraq, Worley was hit by a roadside bomb – his left leg blown off, his right riddled with bullets. "When I hit the ground, I was purely convinced that my entire body was just ravaged, I mean, that I was dead," he said.
Former aide H.R. McMaster on how Trump enjoys "pitting people against each other"

Aug 18, 2024 | cbsnews.com | David Martin

Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster had been a soldier for three decades when Donald Trump named him his national security adviser just one month into his administration. "Lots of people told me not to do it," McMaster said. "People were calling me up who really detested President Trump and saying, 'You can't do it, it'll sulley your reputation.'"Thirteen months later, Trump fired him. "I got used up essentially in the service of Donald Trump," McMaster said. "I was at peace with that.
U.S. military recommends permanently dismantling pier that's helping deliver aid into Gaza, sources say

Jul 16, 2024 | cbsnews.com | David Martin |Ellee Watson

U.S. Central Command has recommended permanently dismantling the Gaza pier, according to two U.S. officials. The pier, bedeviled by bad weather and mechanical malfunctions, has been in operation for only about 20 days since it was installed in May. In those 20 days, it has managed to deliver nearly 20 million pounds of aid.
Navy sailor tried to access Biden's medical records multiple times

Jul 9, 2024 | cbsnews.com | Ed O'Keefe |David Martin

A junior Navy sailor attempted to access the medical records of President Biden from a military medical database three times in February but was unable to do so, the U.S. Navy confirms to CBS News. The sailor, whose name the Navy will not disclose, was administratively disciplined after an investigation into the attempted breach ended in late April.
How Russia, Ukraine deploy new technologies, tactics on the battlefield

Jul 7, 2024 | cbsnews.com | David Martin

There's a new look of the Russian army in Ukraine: Soldiers on motorcycles who race across no-man's land, counting on speed to evade Ukrainian fire … but not always able to outrun the swarms of drones which hover over the battlefield and can pick off fighters one-by-one. George Barros, of the Institute for the Study of War, says it's one of the new tactics Russia has used to seize 430 square miles of territory over the past nine months.
A Condensation of Military Incompetence

Jul 5, 2024 | covertactionmagazine.com | David Martin |John Griffin

With all the glorification of our “heroes” in uniform—a glorification that seems to grow in inverse proportion to the real need for them—a person could begin to feel afraid to utter aloud the sort of jokes that people used to make. For instance, you might feel the need to look over your shoulder before you repeat the old George Carlin observation that “military intelligence” is an oxymoron.
USS Carney returns from a Middle East deployment unlike any other

Jun 30, 2024 | cbsnews.com | David Martin

USS Carney returns from Red Sea engagement In May the destroyer USS Carney returned home to Mayport, Florida, at the end of a seven-month voyage to the Middle East – a voyage unlike any other. For Commander Jeremy Robertson and his crew, the war between Israel and Hamas turned a routine deployment into a running gun battle against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. It began soon after the ship passed through the Suez Canal into the Red Sea.
White House perplexed by Netanyahu claims that U.S. is withholding weapons

Jun 20, 2024 | cbsnews.com | Ellee Watson |David Martin

White House disputes Netanyahu on weapons The White House, State Department, and Pentagon say they do not know what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was talking about when he said this week that Secretary of State Antony Blinken was working to remove "bottlenecks" holding up weapons shipments to Israel. But one U.S. official offered an explanation for the Israeli leader's accusation.