May 25, 2023 Biden nominates 'Top-Notch Strategist' as next Joint Chiefs Chairman President Joe Biden has nominated Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. to succeed Army Gen. Mark A. Milley as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Aug. 10, 2021 SECDEF requests mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for military By mid-September, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III will request a waiver from President Joe Biden to make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for service members, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said.
Jan. 26, 2021 Biden administration overturns transgender exclusion policy President Joe Biden signed an executive order overturning the previous administration's ban on the service of transgender individuals in the military.