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Hegseth renames Joint Base Charleston to honor late Sen. Lindsey Graham
August 11, 2026 — Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, became Joint Base Lindsey Graham during a ceremony Aug. 10 to rename the installation after the late senator, Air Force veteran and South Carolina native son...

Trump establishes Military Spouse Commission
August 4, 2026 — President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order in the White House's Oval Office establishing the President's Military Spouse Commission...

Service member compensation more competitive than many realize, War Department says
July 28, 2026 — The War Department kicked off the yearlong Military Compensation Educational Campaign to help service members and their families learn about the total value of their compensation, so they can better achieve and maintain financial readiness...

Nation's leaders honor the fallen during dignified transfer
July 23, 2026 — President Donald J. Trump; Secretary of War Pete Hegseth; Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and others attended a dignified transfer July 22 to honor four soldiers killed in the U.S. Central Command region...

Trump, Hegseth praise new Medal of Honor recipients
June 23, 2026 — President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth lauded the intrepid valor of three servicemen whom the commander in chief awarded the Medal of Honor to at a White House ceremony June 19...

Hegseth commemorates 82nd anniversary of WWII Allied Invasion at Normandy
June 8, 2026 — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth traveled to the Normandy American Cemetery in France for the second consecutive year, where he delivered remarks honoring the approximately 160,000 Allied troops — 73,000 of them Americans — who landed at Normandy on June 6, 1944...

Hegseth tells West Point Cadets they are ready to lead
May 26, 2026 — Speaking at Michie Stadium in West Point, New York, on May 23, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth assured the 2026 U.S. Military Academy graduates that they have both his and the president's trust...

On Memorial Day, Commander in Chief, Secretary of War, honor nation's fallen
May 26, 2026 — The U.S. will soon mark its semiquincentennial — 250 years as a nation. It's a big milestone, said President Donald J. Trump, but not one that could have been achieved without more than 1 million service members having given their lives to the nation...