Defense News: This Week in DOD: Quelling Violence, Army’s Birthday, DOD’s Budget

Source: United States Department of Defense

This week in the Defense Department, President Donald J. Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent guardsmen and Marines to Los Angeles, Defense Secretary Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discussed the DOD’s pending budget for 2026, and the Army’s 250th birthday celebrations began.