Peeking out from under the wing of another firefighting aircraft, four scoopers sit at the U.S. Forest Service’s Santa Maria Air Tanker Base ready to respond if needed Friday. Credit: Janene Scully / ...

War Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memo on Thursday ordering a major shift in base security policy, allowing service members to request permission to carry personal firearms for self-defense amid ...

The U.K. government underlined its previous stance that the United States could only use British bases for defensive purposes, after President Trump threatened to strike civilian targets. By Michael D ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that he will allow service members to carry personal weapons onto military installations, citing the Second Amendment and recent ...

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says he plans to allow service members to carry personal firearms on military bases, pointing to recent shootings and what he called the need for ...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that he is lifting the ban on service members carrying personal firearms on U.S. military bases. Base rules generally did not allow service members to ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that he was lifting a ban on service members’ ability to carry personal firearms on U.S. military bases. “Our warfighters defend the rights to carry.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he signed a memo Thursday allowing soldiers to ask their base commanders "to carry a privately owned firearm with the presumption that it is necessary for personal ...