That’s called “jointness,” about which Hegseth knows little. He touted his Army background in the National Guard as a qualification to be secretary of Defense, but just as different cultures, goals and methods divide allies in a coalition, they also divide military branches.

A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crash in Washington D.C., resulting in 67 deaths, is under investigation. President Trump highlighted altitude violations as a potential cause. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed elevation issues,

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the helicopter that crashed into flight 5342 was retraining a continuity of government mission. Here's what that means.

The Black Hawk that struck an American Airlines flight landing at Reagan airport had three soldiers on board and no VIPs or senior officials were involved.

A Princeton and Harvard-educated former combat veteran, Hegseth went on to make a career at Fox News, where he hosted a weekend show. Trump tapped him as the defense secretary to lead an organization with nearly 2.1 million service members, about 780,000 civilians and a budget of $850 billion.

Even though the investigation is ongoing and few details have been released, Trump quickly cast blame for the deadly midair collision that happened Wednesday night.

The American Airlines plane operating as American Eagle Flight 5342 collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport.

Sixty passengers and four crew members from the plane and three Black Hawk helicopter personnel are feared dead as a recovery mission is underway.

Investigators confirmed they have recovered a cockpit voice recorder and a flight-data recorder from American Eagle Flight 5342, which will undergo analysis.

The National Transportation Safety Board says it has recovered a cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the American Airlines plane that collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport late Wednesday.

Investigators have announced that the black box from the Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a commercial jetliner has been recovered. They are reviewing the flight data recorder along with two from the plane as they probe the cause of the devastating crash.