Defense

Two held in suspected plot to attack U.S. base in Germany

German police have arrested two people on suspicion of plotting a terrorist strike on a U.S. military base in Heidelberg.

Defense

Chemical weapons facility locked down after terrorist threat

Security measures implemented after Sept. 11 at a Utah chemical weapons depot got their first test Thursday after soldiers reported seeing a possible intruder at the site.

Defense

Out of the ashes

Less than a year after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Pentagon is reborn.

Magazine

Identity Crisis

Defense

Defense official says attack unlikely

A terrorist attack on the United States involving weapons of mass destruction is not imminent, or even likely, according to the head of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.

Navy

Comfortable Living

Defense

A Time of Transformation

Navy

Buying Ships Becomes a Family Affair

Army

Weapons on the Chopping Block

Defense

Broken bases

The military services can’t stay in shape to fight when their bases are crumbling around them.

Magazine

Battered Defenses

Defense

Pentagon cracks down on charge card abuse

Defense Department Comptroller Dov Zakheim Thursday announced a series of measures, including greater penalties, intended to rein in the abuse of government-issued travel and purchase cards.

Defense

Big Homeland Security Department would spend big dollars

The proposed Department of Homeland Security would become one of the federal government’s largest spenders, with a procurement budget that would likely top $5 billion annually, acquisition experts say.

Defense

Pentagon unveils latest round of business reforms

The Defense Department this week issued its latest round of business reforms. They range from testing new ways to conduct public-private job competitions to lifting limits on procurement of goods and services.

Magazine

Change Is In The Air