Wallace White

2 weeks ago | dailycaller.com | Wallace White |Wallace White

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — The Pentagon will raise hazard pay for U.S. Army paratroopers, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced during his Thursday visit to Fort Bragg. The raise in “jump pay” will include a bump to $200 a month for all paratroopers with “jump status,” while giving jump-masters charged with training an additional $150 monthly bonus on top, a Pentagon official told the Daily Caller News Foundation after Hegseth’s announcement.

1 month ago | dailycaller.com | Wallace White |Wallace White

The Trump administration’s planned negotiations with Iran on Saturday may be Iran’s last chance to back out of its nuclear program before the hammer falls, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Trump announced the high-stakes meeting in Oman during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the wake of his repeated warnings to the country that it would face consequences if it did not reach a nuclear deal.

1 month ago | readlion.com | Wallace White |Catrina Petersen |Adam Pack

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Ret. Lt. Gen. Dan “Raizin’” Caine was confirmed to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by the Senate early Friday morning. The vote was 60-25 with Caine set to ascend to the highest ranking military office in the United States, serving as one of the president’s chief advisers on military matters.

2 months ago | readlion.com | Wallace White |John Ransom |Jaryn Crouson |Elizabeth Mitchell

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The U.S. Naval Academy has ended racial preferences in its admissions process, President Donald Trump’s administration said in court filings Friday. The new changes to policy come in the wake of Trump issuing an executive order on Jan. 27 banning all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the military, which prompted the policy change from the academy, according to the filings.

2 months ago | dailycaller.com | Wallace White |Wallace White

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will issue a memo setting equal standards for men and women in combat roles across the armed services, he announced on X Monday. The memo aims to implement the same set of standards for all service members involved in combat, regardless of sex, Hegseth said on X. Hegseth said the services would review the guidance to ensure the “highest and equal standards for men and women in combat.”“For far too long, we have allowed standards to slip,” Hegseth said in his post.