Austin served as the 28th U.S. Secretary of Defense from Jan. 2021 to Jan. 2025. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy.

The hospitalization of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was kept under such wraps that not even Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks knew what was going on when she had to assume his duties ...

Buria sits two seats to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's right during a meeting with El Salvador Minister of National Defense René Francis Merino Monroy, April 16, 2025. (U.S. Navy Petty Officer ...

Critics of Trump point out that the president sang a different tune when he called for America’s first Black Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, appointed by President Joe Biden in 2021, to resign ...

Facebook X Reddit Email Save. Lloyd Austin, the former defense secretary and a four-star general with 40 years of military experience, was nonetheless labeled a DEI hire of the Biden administration.

The question came from Col. Ricky Buria, a former aide to previous Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin who has rapidly established himself as a key member of Hegseth’s inner circle, multiple people ...

What’s behind defense secretary pick Hegseth’s war on ‘woke ... "Disseminated in the form of hashtags and internet memes, ... where Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was never seen as a key player.

Donald Trump has appointed Fox & Friends co-host Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense—and he’s one of the worst choices yet. “Pete is tough, smart and a true believer in America First ...

Hegseth has pledged to “restore deterrence” to the Indo-Pacific as China continues a massive military buildup and grows more aggressive around U.S. partners in the Philippines and Taiwan.

Austin served as the 28th U.S. Secretary of Defense from Jan. 2021 to Jan. 2025. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy.

A section of Stevens Street was renamed “GEN Lloyd A. Austin III Way” at noon Monday at The Ritz Amphitheater in Downtown Thomasville.