Secretary of War Pete Hegseth welcomed Pål Jonson, Sweden's minister of defense, to the Pentagon for a bilateral engagement.  

The War Department provided an update on the U.S. military's counter-narco-terrorism campaign, Operation Southern Spear, including the casualties inflicted upon suspected narco-terrorists and a reemphasis on how the operation's first kinetic boat strike unfolded. 

More than 2,200 National Guardsmen from across the country are serving as part of Joint Task Force D.C., with an additional 500 on the way, Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson said.

The War Department requested information to gauge industry's willingness and ability to make some 300,000 drones quickly and inexpensively — a concrete effort by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to directly meet the "drone dominance" goals laid out by the president.

U.S. Central Command announced a new task force for the military's first one-way attack drone squadron based in the Middle East. 

For 75 years, the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team has represented the discipline, precision and professionalism of the service to audiences around the world.

Nearly 20 War Department officials, both civilian and military, met with over two dozen members of the newly appointed Pentagon Press Corps during a series of more than 150 round-robin style one-on-one interviews.