Tom Vanden Brook
Pentagon Correspondent at USA Today
Pentagon correspondent for USA Today, Green Bay Packer shareholder, dog walker [email protected]
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1 week ago |
usatoday.com | Tom Vanden Brook
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY — At 6:30 a.m., the scrape of manure shovels and the shuffling of horse hooves echoed through the red-brick stable at Ft. Myer. Soldiers from caisson detachment in blue jeans, black shirts and white cowboy hats mucked out stalls. Kennedy, Lance and Truman – statuesque, dark horses – poked their heads between steel bars, eyes wide.
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2 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Tom Vanden Brook
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has accepted a luxury Boeing 747 jet from Qatar to be used as Air Force One, the president’s plane, according to the Defense Department. The unprecedented $400 million gift, which President Donald Trump has said will transfer to his library after his term ends, will require extensive renovation to serve essentially as the flying White House.
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2 weeks ago |
mycentraljersey.com | Cybele Mayes-Osterman |Tom Vanden Brook
The big military parade planned for June 14 – the Army's 250th anniversary and President Donald Trump's 79th birthday – will feature dozens of tanks rumbling through the streets of Washington, warplanes buzzing overhead and 7,500 soldiers housed in government office buildings downtown, according to Army planning documents.
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1 month ago |
usatoday.com | Tom Vanden Brook
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a plan to slash 20% of the military’s most-senior generals and admirals, continuing the purge of military brass under President Donald Trump.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Tom Vanden Brook
WASHINGTON — The number of troops reporting unwanted sexual contact to the military dropped last year, a trend that may be viewed as a mixed blessing amid its years-long effort by the Pentagon to address sex crimes. About 7,000 troops reported unwanted sexual contact in 2024, a 4% decrease in complaints compared with the previous year, according to data released by the Pentagon. The figures announced May 1 likely represent fraction of the military’s sexual assault problem.
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