Ashley Roque

Pentagon Reporter with @BreakingDefense Former: @janesINTEL @ShephardNews @rollcall Send tips to aroque at breakingmedia dot com or via Signal to ashleyroque.04

[Ashley Roque @ashroque13]

Thrilled to join the growing (and charismatic) @BreakingDefense team next week to pick up the land warfare beat. Please send tips and hot takes to [email protected]

[Breaking Defense @BreakingDefense]

In continued growth, Breaking Defense brings on senior reporter for land warfare, plus new contributing editor for future warfare https://t.co/J3exh3q1Te

[Aaron Mehta @AaronMehta]

SCOOP: The Pentagon is creating a new czar that control procurement for almost all drone efforts in the building, per a memo obtained by Breaking Defense. https://t.co/MwYxJoXncy

[Aaron Mehta @AaronMehta]

SCOOP: The day after the WH had a meeting with defense primes on munitions, Hegseth quietly hosted a group of new entrants on the same topic. @ValerieInsinna @ashroque13 https://t.co/uGFt3JLXW9

[Breaking Defense @BreakingDefense]

Pentagon races to spend $152B reconciliation pot — or face cuts https://t.co/5lSTwcdebo

[Michael Marrow @michaeldmarrow]

The third and final story, focused on a new expansion of an “active management” agreement with the company, which could come with a price tag of up to $1.5 billion.

[Breaking Defense @BreakingDefense]

EXCLUSIVE: Inside the secret struggles of the Air Force’s T-7 Red Hawk https://t.co/SNSos9oEu3

[Breaking Defense @BreakingDefense]

Pentagon aims to sidestep potential ‘collusion’ through Defense Production Act: Senior official https://t.co/ihpioqHofY

[Breaking Defense @BreakingDefense]

Europe facing ‘Catch-22’ over US weapon sales, top Polish general warns https://t.co/Atkt06sXae

[Breaking Defense @BreakingDefense]

House passes Ukraine aid bill with new sanctions for Russia https://t.co/VfeDnBZlEY

[Valerie Insinna @ValerieInsinna]

Republicans topple amendment to eliminate Trump-class battleship funding in HASC defense bill:

https://t.co/3FsO7DRGRa

[Breaking Defense @BreakingDefense]

The US is delaying weapon sales to allies. Will there be long-term impact? https://t.co/EbuGc5oHKV

[Scott Nover @ScottNover]

SCOOP: The Pentagon has banned journalists from its press office, designating it a classified space. The change creates a new barrier between journalists and the public affairs officers who have traditionally answered their questions.

https://t.co/DYgLYj99sc

[Breaking Defense @BreakingDefense]

EXCLUSIVE: OMB could use $1.9B in reconciliation to buy foreign-made ships https://t.co/0K5EMGQRji

[Ashley Roque @ashroque13]

RT @JenGriffinFNC: A senior US official tells me that it was a US military strike on Iran’s Qeshm port and Bandar Abbas moments ago but add…

[Ashley Roque @ashroque13]

@halbritz @CNN Congrats Haley and well deserved.

[Ashley Roque @ashroque13]

@rArmyReddit I come with news..

https://t.co/UANaoZOzec

[Ashley Roque @ashroque13]

@PoPville @Thedaddi2 That burger was so good!

[Breaking Defense @BreakingDefense]

Project Freedom unlikely to pay off in Strait of Hormuz right away, analysts say https://t.co/4hN8Zx61WF

[Alex Ward @alexbward]

The U.S. has fired more than 1,000 long-range Tomahawk missiles since the war with Iran began on Feb. 28, as well as 1,500 to 2,000 critical air-defense missiles, including Thaad, Patriot and Standard Missile interceptors, according to U.S. officials

[Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف @nancyayoussef]

What an impt story by @CybeleMO abt lacking supply lines for U.S. Navy sailors in the Middle East. Definitely worth a read: https://t.co/bR1hRYss3B

[Valerie Insinna @ValerieInsinna]

The Pentagon is is asking for a huge munitions bump in FY27, about 188% more than FY26. @ashroque13 and I dug into the details:

https://t.co/eaB9oinTUV