News Navy Times-Air Force Times-Army Times-Marine Corps Times-Pentagon & Congress Defense News

Navy Times, Army Times, Air Force Times, and Marine Corps Times (collectively "Military Times"), along with Defense News, are commercially published news outlets covering the U.S. military services and defense policy, including Pentagon and Congressional coverage. They are independent journalism operations, not official U.S. Government sources, and are useful to logisticians mainly for situational awareness and context rather than as authoritative references.

What it is

Military Times is a group of four service-focused publications — Army Times (founded 1940), Navy Times (1951), Air Force Times (1947), and Marine Corps Times (1999) — covering news, pay and benefits, career, and community topics for active-duty, reserve, and retired service members and their families. Defense News covers defense industry, acquisition, and policy, including Pentagon and Congressional activity. All are published on free, publicly accessible websites; the underlying print/magazine editions are separate paid subscription products.

Who operates it

All titles are published by Sightline Media Group (formerly Gannett Government Media / Army Times Publishing Company), a private commercial media company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Sightline Media Group is not a U.S. Government agency or DoD component.

Access

The news websites (navytimes.com, armytimes.com, airforcetimes.com, marinecorpstimes.com, defensenews.com) are free and publicly accessible with no login required to read articles. Print magazine subscriptions are sold separately and are not required to use the websites.

How logisticians use it

Federal and military logisticians use these outlets to track policy developments, personnel and benefits news, defense-industry and acquisition reporting, and Pentagon/Congressional activity that may affect logistics programs — as background and situational awareness. Because these are commercial secondary sources, logisticians should verify any regulatory, program, or authoritative fact against the underlying .mil/.gov source (e.g., defense.gov, service public-affairs releases, or the primary regulation) rather than relying on news coverage alone.

Related systems

For official DoD announcements and releases, see the Department of Defense's own news page (defense.gov). For federal civilian-workforce news, Sightline also publishes Federal Times.