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The U.S. and longtime ally Australia met at the State Department in Washington for the 40th annual Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth presented a preview of the War Department’s forthcoming National Defense Strategy during a keynote speech, outlining four lines of effort for the department to take, so as to guarantee peace through strength for the U.S. and its allies in the coming years.

This week, the War Department adopted a “drone dominance” philosophy, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth attended the funeral of Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and the department’s Office of Inspector General submitted its review to Congress regarding the use of Signal.

Army Brig. Gen. Matt Ross, director of Joint Interagency Task Force 401, visited the National Capital Region Coordination Center to meet with senior leaders from the Department of Homeland Security, the Transportation Security Administration, the Federal Air Marshal Service and Air Force personnel. 

The call for drone dominance has taken center stage recently, with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announcing an ambitious plan to outfit combat units with tens of thousands of unmanned systems in 2026 and hundreds of thousands more by 2027.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth directed in a memorandum that a barracks task force be stood up to develop a departmentwide investment plan for barracks improvements and report its progress to him within 30 days. 

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

The Navy, in coordination with the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, successfully completed the removal of significant portions of two World War II-era mooring platforms from the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Airmen assigned to the 18th Operations Support Squadron and the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron teamed up to tackle one of Kadena Air Base’s most ambitious airfield repair projects of the year in Okinawa, Japan.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and his wife, Jennifer, dedicated a 14-foot Nellie Stevens Holly Christmas tree to the families of U.S. service members during an inaugural tree lighting ceremony in the Pentagon’s courtyard.