U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, and Ukrainian President ... troops from the front in the initial 2003 invasion of Iraq. He is one of the many Pentagon leaders who have served ...

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Charles C. Heatherly Jr. was promoted to the rank of colonel by Lt. Gen. Lloyd Austin Feb. 2 at Victory Base Camp, Iraq. Col. Heatherly is stationed in Iraq with the 18th Airborne Corps out of ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin praised female members of the armed ... Austin recalled one experience while serving in Iraq in 2003, in which he positioned his command post near the action.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A military appeals court has ruled against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s effort to throw ... U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq in what the George W.

VIENTIANE, Laos — Women and racial diversity are vital to the strength of U.S. armed forces, outgoing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in ... three long tours in Iraq, one in Afghanistan ...

The Pentagon confirmed Sunday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized Jan. 1 after experiencing "severe pain" from complications of a Dec. 22 elective surgery. But officials struggled ...

Austin, the First Black Defense Secretary, Ends His Term Marred by Afghanistan but Buoyed by Ukraine WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin bid farewell Friday to the forces and ...