Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is bidding farewell to the forces and personnel he's led through a tumultuous term.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on May 20, 2024, in Washington. (Kevin Wolf/AP) ...

1975 - Austin is commissioned as a second lieutenant in the US Army upon graduation from West Point. Over the next 20 years, he holds a number of leadership positions and is stationed at bases in ...

The Pentagon Inspector General released a scathing report about Defense Secretary Austin’s failure to quickly disclose his ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized for two weeks at the start of 2024 for complications arising from surgery to ...

The Pentagon's inspector general concluded that the secrecy surrounding Lloyd Austin's hospitalizations increased national ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s failure to inform Congress or the White House as required when he was incapacitated due to ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s failure to alert the White House and his own senior staff about his hospitalization early ...

The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General found that Secretary Lloyd Austin's secret hospitalizations ...

The Pentagon inspector general found in its review of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's hospitalization last year that it "increased unnecessarily" the risks to national security, even if ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin bid farewell Friday to the forces and personnel he has led through a tumultuous term that had three major military crises, a global pandemic and a ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization scandal last year increased national security risks and should have been handled better, according to a new report from the Pentagon’s watchdog.