Buria started the year as the secretary’s junior military assistant, a post he took on last April for Hegseth’s predecessor, Lloyd Austin. The role — abbreviated as “JMA” — is a ...

Most of the headlines that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has generated over the last several weeks have had more to do with his abdication of his responsibilities than his handling of them.

The Pentagon confirmed Sunday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized Jan. 1 after experiencing "severe pain" from complications of a Dec. 22 elective surgery. But officials struggled ...

US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin has acknowledged there was "a breakdown in notifications" about his January hospital stay during a contentious Thursday hearing. The Pentagon chief has been ...