Competition to host the Next Great American Base — a premier joint force installation project — has been met with "exceptional" nationwide interest, the assistant secretary of war for energy, installations and environment told governors and state adjutants general.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Guyanese President Mohamed Irfaan Ali signed a landmark agreement at the Pentagon, creating an enhanced defense partnership between the two countries.

In the first of two stops on his Arsenal of Freedom tour, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth thanked Ohio aerospace workers for working with a warfighter's urgency.