U.S. Department of Defense
U.S. Department of Defense is named in 91 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 1947 to 2026.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | US Bombs Bridge Near Tehran Killing Eight Civilians, Trump Posts Collapse Video on Truth Social Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · Iran | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-21 | US Military Strikes Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility in Major Nuclear Escalation U.S. Department of Defense · Iran Atomic Energy Organization · International Atomic Energy Agency | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-12 | New Iran Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei Issues First Statement Vowing Revenge and Permanent Hormuz Closure Mojtaba Khamenei · Islamic Republic of Iran · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-12 | UNHCR Reports 3.2 Million Iranians Displaced as UN Warns of "Humanitarian Explosion" United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees · United Nations · Islamic Republic of Iran · U.S. Department of Defense · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-11 | Evidence Points to US Tomahawk Strike on Minab Girls School Killing 170+, War Crime Investigation Demanded U.S. Central Command · U.S. Department of Defense · Defense Intelligence Agency · Pete Hegseth · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-11 | Iran Strikes Cargo Ship in Strait of Hormuz, IRGC Vows "Not One Litre of Oil" to Pass Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Islamic Republic of Iran · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Navy · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-10 | Hegseth Announces "Most Intense Day of Strikes" on Iran as US Targets Drone Manufacturing Pete Hegseth · Dan Caine · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Central Command · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-09 | Anthropic Files Dual Federal Lawsuits Challenging Pentagon's Supply Chain Risk Designation as Unconstitutional Retaliation Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-09 | Iran Launches Missiles and Drones at Gulf Nations and US Bases in Escalating Retaliation Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Islamic Republic of Iran · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Central Command · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-09 | Senate Democrats Demand Hegseth and Rubio Testify on Iran War, Threaten Repeated War Powers Votes Pete Hegseth · Marco Rubio · Tim Kaine · Chris Murphy · +8 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-08 | EFF and The Intercept Find OpenAI's Pentagon Deal Surveillance Guardrails Unenforceable, Warning of AI-Powered Domestic Surveillance Risk OpenAI · Sam Altman · U.S. Department of Defense · Electronic Frontier Foundation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-08 | Iran Names Mojtaba Khamenei Supreme Leader After Father Killed in US-Israeli Strike Mojtaba Khamenei · Iran Assembly of Experts · Islamic Republic of Iran · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-07 | OpenAI Robotics Chief Caitlin Kalinowski Resigns Over Pentagon Deal, Citing Surveillance and Autonomous Weapons Concerns OpenAI · Caitlin Kalinowski · Sam Altman · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-06 | 29 Congress Members Demand DOD Inspector General Investigate Commanders Framing Iran War as Biblical Armageddon Rep. Jared Huffman · Rep. Jamie Raskin · Rep. Chrissy Houlahan · Military Religious Freedom Foundation · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-06 | Anthropic Files Lawsuit Against Pentagon Over Unprecedented National Security Designation Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-06 | Trump Demands Iran's "Unconditional Surrender," Refuses Any Negotiated End to War Donald Trump · Karoline Leavitt · Masoud Pezeshkian · Pete Hegseth · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-05 | Anthropic Reopens Pentagon Talks as Defense Experts Warn Blacklist Sets Dangerous Precedent for AI Safety Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-05 | U.S. Strikes Target Iran's Space and Remaining Nuclear Infrastructure as Campaign Enters Second Week U.S. Central Command · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · Iran · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | Iran Strikes Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar with Ballistic Missiles, Breaching U.S. Defense Shield Iran · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Central Command · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | Pentagon Claims Iran's Navy Destroyed and Senior Naval Leadership Killed in Operation Epic Fury Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Central Command · Iran · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | Pentagon Formally Designates Anthropic a National Security Supply-Chain Risk, First US Company So Labeled Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | Pentagon Uses Banned Anthropic Claude to Select 1,000+ Iran Strike Targets While Simultaneously Blacklisting the Company Anthropic · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-03 | Iranian Drones Strike U.S. Embassy in Riyadh as War Spreads Across Middle East Iran · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · U.S. Department of State · U.S. Department of Defense · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-03 | OpenAI Revises Pentagon Deal After Surveillance Loophole Backlash, Critics Remain Unconvinced Sam Altman · OpenAI · U.S. Department of Defense · Katrina Mulligan | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-27 | OpenAI Strikes Pentagon Deal Hours After Trump Blacklists Anthropic, Drawing Backlash Sam Altman · OpenAI · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-27 | Trump Blacklists Anthropic, Designates AI Company a Supply Chain Risk to National Security Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Dario Amodei · Anthropic · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-26 | Anthropic Formally Rejects Pentagon Ultimatum, Amodei Holds Red Lines on AI Safety Dario Amodei · Anthropic · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-25 | Hegseth Appeals Ruling Protecting Sen. Kelly Military Rank, Calls Video "Sedition" Pete Hegseth · Mark Kelly · Richard Leon · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | Hegseth Threatens Anthropic with Defense Production Act Over Military AI Access Pete Hegseth · Dario Amodei · Anthropic · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | Hegseth Invites Christian Nationalist Pastor to Lead Pentagon Worship Pete Hegseth · Doug Wilson · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | Hegseth Invites Christian Nationalist Pastor Doug Wilson to Lead Official Pentagon Prayer Service Pete Hegseth · Doug Wilson · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | Hegseth Orders Firing of Army Public Affairs Chief in Continuing Milley-Era Purge Pete Hegseth · Dan Driscoll · Dave Butler · Mark Milley · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Trump Orders Pentagon to Purchase Coal-Fired Electricity Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · Department of Energy · Peabody Energy | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-06 | Trump Executive Order Reorients Arms Sales as Domestic Industrial Policy Donald Trump · White House · U.S. Department of Defense · Department of State · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-05 | Hegseth Declares America a "Christian Nation" at National Prayer Breakfast; Says Soldiers Gain Salvation by Dying for It Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · National Prayer Breakfast | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-05 | Defense Secretary Hegseth Moves to Cut Senator Mark Kelly's Military Rank and Retirement Pay Pete Hegseth · Mark Kelly · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-04 | New York Times Sues Pentagon Over Restrictive Media Rules Requiring Publication Approval, Violating First Amendment The New York Times · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense · NPR · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-04 | Veterans Warn Trump's Afghan Asylum Freeze Endangers U.S. Allies and Undermines Future Military Partnerships Donald Trump · Shawn VanDiver · Thomas Kasza · Afghan Evac Coalition · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-13 | Defense Secretary Hegseth Formally Unveils 'Operation Southern Spear' Military Campaign Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-23 | Billionaire Timothy Mellon's $130M Military Donation During Shutdown Raises Oligarchy Concerns Timothy Mellon · Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · Pentagon | reported | |
| 2025-09-23 | Hegseth Terminates 74-Year-Old Women's Military Advisory Committee, Citing 'Divisive Feminist Agenda' Pete Hegseth · DACOWITS · U.S. Department of Defense | reported | |
| 2025-09-16 | Navy Seeks 2,400 Housing Units for Guam Military Buildup as Costs Squeeze Local Residents US Navy · U.S. Department of Defense · Joint Region Marianas · Pacific Center for Island Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-05 | Trump Signs Executive Order Renaming Pentagon as 'Department of War' Trump · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-24 | 2,300 Armed National Guard Troops Deploy in Washington DC Carrying M17 Pistols and M4 Rifles Trump · National Guard · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | U.S. Army Awards Palantir $10 Billion AI-Driven Software Contract U.S. Army · Palantir Technologies · U.S. Department of Defense · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-15 | Pentagon Awards $295 Million Guam Defense Contract as Military Buildup Strains Local Housing Market U.S. Department of Defense · Core Tech-HDCC-Kajima LLC · Missile Defense Agency · Robert Rasch | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-14 | Defense Department Awards $200M Contract to Elon Musk's xAI for Grok AI Elon Musk · xAI · U.S. Department of Defense · Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-26 | Brookings warns on legal limits of putting soldiers on Los Angeles streets Brookings Institution · Legal scholars · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-12 | Federal judge says Los Angeles Guard/Marine deployment likely unlawful U.S. District Court (N.D. Cal.) · State of California · Governor Gavin Newsom · U.S. Department of Defense · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-21 | Trump Administration Officially Accepts $400-500 Million Luxury Boeing 747 from Qatar as Air Force One Gift, Sparking Constitutional Crisis Over Foreign Emoluments and Bribery Donald Trump · Qatar · Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani · Chuck Schumer · +10 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-21 | U.S. Accepts Qatar's $400 Million Boeing 747 Jet, Raising Emoluments Concerns Donald Trump · Qatar Royal Family · U.S. Department of Defense · Jamie Raskin · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-18 | Supreme Court Hearing Challenges Presidential National Guard Federalization Powers U.S. Supreme Court · State Governors · U.S. Department of Defense · California Governor · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Federal Appeals Court Establishes Precedent on National Guard Federalization Federal Appeals Court · Gavin Newsom · U.S. Department of Defense · Charles Breyer · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-10 | ICE cancels $3.8B Fort Bliss contract amid corruption concerns, awards to inexperienced firm Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Deployed Resources · Acquisition Logistics LLC · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-04 | SpaceX wins $5.9 billion Space Force contract amid congressional conflict-of-interest investigation SpaceX · U.S. Space Force · Elon Musk · Rep. Stephen Lynch · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-22 | First Major Court Battle Over National Guard Deployment Authority Federal District Court · U.S. Department of Defense · State Governors · Donald Trump · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-11 | Anduril Takes Over Microsoft's $22 Billion Army IVAS Augmented Reality Headset Program Anduril Industries · Microsoft · Palmer Luckey · U.S. Army · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-29 | Pentagon Ends Travel Reimbursement for Military Members Seeking Abortion Care Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense · Lloyd Austin · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-21 | National emergency declared at U.S. southern border Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Pentagon · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-04 | OpenAI Partners with Anduril to Integrate AI into Weapons Systems OpenAI · Anduril Industries · U.S. Department of Defense · Palmer Luckey | confirmed | |
| 2024-10-16 | Raytheon Pays $950 Million to Settle Charges of Defrauding Pentagon, Bribing Qatar, and Patriot Contract Fraud Raytheon · Department of Justice · Qatar · U.S. Department of Defense · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-04-24 | Anduril Wins Air Force Contract for Autonomous Fighter Jet Program Anduril Industries · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · Palmer Luckey · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-03-20 | Musk's xAI Grok Faces Mounting Safety Scrutiny, Secures $200M Pentagon Contract Elon Musk · xAI · AI Safety Researchers · GSA AI Safety Team · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2023-08-15 | Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Receives Top Secret Clearance for Intelligence Community Oracle · Intelligence Community · U.S. Department of Defense · Central Intelligence Agency | confirmed | |
| 2023-06-01 | House Select Committee Exposes McKinsey Work for Chinese Military While Advising Pentagon McKinsey & Company · House Select Committee on the CCP · John Moolenaar · Marco Rubio · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2023-01-01 | Amazon AWS Government Contracts Reach Multi-Billion Dollar Annual Scale Amazon Web Services · Central Intelligence Agency · National Security Agency · Pentagon · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2022-05-18 | Biden Invokes Defense Production Act for Baby Formula After Abbott Recall Exposes Dangerous Monopoly Joe Biden · Abbott Nutrition · Food and Drug Administration · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2022-02-15 | Pentagon Authorizes Oracle Cloud for Top Secret and Special Access Program Missions Oracle · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Air Force · Defense Information Systems Agency | confirmed | |
| 2022-01-01 | Anduril AI-Powered Drones Deployed to Ukraine Since 2022 Anduril Industries · Ukraine · U.S. Department of Defense · Palmer Luckey | confirmed | |
| 2021-03-05 | Palantir and AWS Formalize Strategic Partnership for Government Data Analytics Palantir Technologies · Amazon Web Services · Central Intelligence Agency · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2020-09-08 | Northrop Grumman Wins $13.3 Billion Contract for Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Nuclear ICBMs Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · Boeing · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-04-03 | Trump Inspector General Friday Night Massacre Systematically Accelerates WHIG Oversight Destruction Precedent for Constitutional Crisis Operations Donald Trump · Michael Atkinson · Glenn Fine · Mitch Behm · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2018-06-15 | Northrop Grumman Wins $217 Million Cyber Warfare Contract for Unified Platform Northrop Grumman · U.S. Cyber Command · National Security Agency · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2018-06-06 | Northrop Grumman Acquires Orbital ATK for $9.2 Billion, Creating Solid Rocket Motor Monopoly Northrop Grumman · Orbital ATK · Federal Trade Commission · U.S. Department of Defense · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-27 | Northrop Grumman Wins $80 Billion B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Contract Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · Boeing · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2013-03-15 | Northrop Grumman Global Hawk Drone Costs Surge to $222 Million Per Aircraft Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Government Accountability Office | confirmed | |
| 2010-05-27 | Chelsea Manning Arrested for Leaking Classified Documents to WikiLeaks Chelsea Manning · WikiLeaks · U.S. Army · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-15 | Northrop B-2 Bomber Operating Costs Reach $150,000 Per Flight Hour Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2008-01-02 | KBR's Faulty Electrical Work Kills Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth, Part of Systematic Negligence Causing 18 Electrocution Deaths in Iraq with No Criminal Charges Despite Army Negligent Homicide Finding Ryan Maseth · Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · Halliburton · U.S. Department of Defense · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2007-09-16 | Blackwater Nisour Square Massacre Exposes Systematic Private Military Corporate-State Fusion Accountability Crisis and Constitutional Violation Blackwater Worldwide · Erik Prince · State Department · Central Intelligence Agency · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2006-01-01 | Palantir Wins First Major Contract with Joint IED Defeat Organization for Iraq and Afghanistan Palantir Technologies · Joint IED Defeat Organization · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2001-05-31 | Air Force Secretary James Roche Appointed After 17 Years as Northrop Grumman Executive James G. Roche · Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1997-08-01 | Boeing-McDonnell Douglas Merger Approved: Defense Contractor Consolidation Creates Oligopoly Boeing · McDonnell Douglas · Federal Trade Commission · U.S. Department of Defense · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1997-08-01 | Northrop Grumman B-2 Bomber Program Reaches $44 Billion Total Cost Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Congress · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1965-03-01 | McNamara and Johnson Administration Begin Systematic Deception About Vietnam War Progress Creating "Credibility Gap" Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara · President Lyndon B. Johnson · Senator J. William Fulbright · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 1965-01-01 | Bell Helicopter Profits Surge from $150 Million to $2 Billion During Vietnam War - Huey Production Defines "Helicopter War" Bell Helicopter · U.S. Department of Defense · Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association | confirmed | |
| 1959-01-01 | Congress Holds 25 Hearings on Pentagon Revolving Door, General Bradley Testifies Against Contractor Influence U.S. Congress · General Omar Bradley · U.S. Department of Defense · Defense contractors | confirmed | |
| 1953-01-28 | Charles Wilson Confirmed Defense Secretary After "Good for General Motors" Controversy Reveals Corporate-State Fusion Charles Erwin Wilson · Dwight D. Eisenhower · General Motors · Senate Armed Services Committee · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1950-09-23 | McCarran Internal Security Act Passes Over Truman Veto, Requires Communist Registration Pat McCarran · Karl Mundt · Harry Truman · Hubert Humphrey · +5 | confirmed | |
| 1947-09-18 | James Forrestal Becomes First Defense Secretary, Fusing Wall Street Financial Power with Pentagon James Forrestal · Harry Truman · U.S. Department of Defense · Dillon, Read & Co. | confirmed | |
| 1947-07-26 | National Security Act Establishes Permanent Warfare State and Military-Industrial Framework Harry S. Truman · U.S. Congress · U.S. Department of Defense · Central Intelligence Agency · +1 | confirmed |
Network neighbors
Pete Hegseth
27× shared
Donald Trump
20× shared
Anthropic
9× shared
U.S. Air Force
9× shared
Northrop Grumman
8× shared
Central Intelligence Agency
7× shared
Dario Amodei
7× shared
Islamic Republic of Iran
7× shared
U.S. Central Command
7× shared
Iran
6× shared
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
6× shared
OpenAI
6× shared
Boeing
5× shared
Sam Altman
5× shared
Anduril Industries
4× shared
Palantir Technologies
4× shared
Palmer Luckey
4× shared
U.S. Congress
4× shared
Elon Musk
3× shared
Israel Defense Forces
3× shared
Pentagon
3× shared
Qatar
3× shared
Trump
3× shared
U.S. Army
3× shared
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