Jeff Martin

Jeff Martin is the Associate Editor for Multimedia and the host & producer of Defense News Weekly, airing online and on American Forces Network worldwide. In his role as Associate Editor, he reports worldwide on the military and defense industry and leads a market-leading multimedia team.


  • Inside the Naval Academy’s boxing tournament
    Inside the Naval Academy’s boxing tournament

    Go inside a 77-year-old tradition, where midshipmen square off with each other. (Geoff Ziezulewicz, Ben Murray and Alan Lessig/Staff)

  • A SEAL’s first tattoo
    A SEAL’s first tattoo

    Although he was in the U.S. Navy for 20 years, retired SEAL Boyd Renner never got a tattoo. Until now. Find out why. (Dustin Q. Diaz/Staff)

  • How DoD determines if a weapon is Iranian
    How DoD determines if a weapon is Iranian

    Enter a U.S. Defense Department warehouse in Washington, D.C., and find out what detective work Pentagon experts use to determine which weapons found on battlefields are Iranian. (Daniel Woolfolk/Staff)

  • What is in the FY19 defense budget?
    What is in the FY19 defense budget?

    The fiscasl 2019 defense budget request is one of the largest in recent memory, and it can be confusing. Bloomberg Government’s Cameron Leuthy helps explain what’s on the government’s spending plan. (Jeff Martin, Dustin Q. Diaz and Alan Lessig/Staff)

  • Eagles over Kadena
    Eagles over Kadena

    The F-15 Eagle is the most numerous of the aircraft based on Kadena Air Base, located in Okinawa, Japan. But flying and maintaining them can be a challenge – and a roller coaster. (Jeff Martin/Staff)

  • Highlights from the Air Warfare Symposium
    Highlights from the Air Warfare Symposium

    Here’s what stood out at the 2018 Air Warfare Symposium hosted by the Air Force Association in Orlando, Florida. (Jeff Martin/Staff)

  • US Strategic Command boss has a wish list for missile defense
    US Strategic Command boss has a wish list for missile defense

    Gen. John Hyten, the commander of U.S. Strategic Command, lays out his wish list for improved missile defense at an AUSA event in Arlington, Virginia. (Jeff Martin/Staff)

  • Vietnam: A daughter’s journey
    Vietnam: A daughter’s journey

    See the incredible story of one woman’s journey to Vietnam to find the truth about her father’s death in the Vietnam War.

  • The hidden side of the Singapore Airshow
    The hidden side of the Singapore Airshow

    Take a look at small companies participating in the Singapore Airshow, and the role they have in keeping aircraft flying.

  • Armored vehicles at an air show?
    Armored vehicles at an air show?

    Even at the 2018 Singapore Airshow, land vehicles were a topic of discussion. Find out why.

  • Inside the Naval Academy’s boxing tournament
    Inside the Naval Academy’s boxing tournament

    Go inside a 77-year-old tradition, where midshipmen square off with each other. (Geoff Ziezulewicz, Ben Murray and Alan Lessig/Staff)

  • A SEAL’s first tattoo
    A SEAL’s first tattoo

    Although he was in the U.S. Navy for 20 years, retired SEAL Boyd Renner never got a tattoo. Until now. Find out why. (Dustin Q. Diaz/Staff)

  • How DoD determines if a weapon is Iranian
    How DoD determines if a weapon is Iranian

    Enter a U.S. Defense Department warehouse in Washington, D.C., and find out what detective work Pentagon experts use to determine which weapons found on battlefields are Iranian. (Daniel Woolfolk/Staff)

  • What is in the FY19 defense budget?
    What is in the FY19 defense budget?

    The fiscasl 2019 defense budget request is one of the largest in recent memory, and it can be confusing. Bloomberg Government’s Cameron Leuthy helps explain what’s on the government’s spending plan. (Jeff Martin, Dustin Q. Diaz and Alan Lessig/Staff)

  • Eagles over Kadena
    Eagles over Kadena

    The F-15 Eagle is the most numerous of the aircraft based on Kadena Air Base, located in Okinawa, Japan. But flying and maintaining them can be a challenge – and a roller coaster. (Jeff Martin/Staff)

  • Highlights from the Air Warfare Symposium
    Highlights from the Air Warfare Symposium

    Here’s what stood out at the 2018 Air Warfare Symposium hosted by the Air Force Association in Orlando, Florida. (Jeff Martin/Staff)

  • US Strategic Command boss has a wish list for missile defense
    US Strategic Command boss has a wish list for missile defense

    Gen. John Hyten, the commander of U.S. Strategic Command, lays out his wish list for improved missile defense at an AUSA event in Arlington, Virginia. (Jeff Martin/Staff)

  • Vietnam: A daughter’s journey
    Vietnam: A daughter’s journey

    See the incredible story of one woman’s journey to Vietnam to find the truth about her father’s death in the Vietnam War.

  • The hidden side of the Singapore Airshow
    The hidden side of the Singapore Airshow

    Take a look at small companies participating in the Singapore Airshow, and the role they have in keeping aircraft flying.

  • Armored vehicles at an air show?
    Armored vehicles at an air show?

    Even at the 2018 Singapore Airshow, land vehicles were a topic of discussion. Find out why.

  • Inside the Naval Academy’s boxing tournament
    Inside the Naval Academy’s boxing tournament

    Go inside a 77-year-old tradition, where midshipmen square off with each other. (Geoff Ziezulewicz, Ben Murray and Alan Lessig/Staff)

  • A SEAL’s first tattoo
    A SEAL’s first tattoo

    Although he was in the U.S. Navy for 20 years, retired SEAL Boyd Renner never got a tattoo. Until now. Find out why. (Dustin Q. Diaz/Staff)

  • How DoD determines if a weapon is Iranian
    How DoD determines if a weapon is Iranian

    Enter a U.S. Defense Department warehouse in Washington, D.C., and find out what detective work Pentagon experts use to determine which weapons found on battlefields are Iranian. (Daniel Woolfolk/Staff)

  • What is in the FY19 defense budget?
    What is in the FY19 defense budget?

    The fiscasl 2019 defense budget request is one of the largest in recent memory, and it can be confusing. Bloomberg Government’s Cameron Leuthy helps explain what’s on the government’s spending plan. (Jeff Martin, Dustin Q. Diaz and Alan Lessig/Staff)

  • Eagles over Kadena
    Eagles over Kadena

    The F-15 Eagle is the most numerous of the aircraft based on Kadena Air Base, located in Okinawa, Japan. But flying and maintaining them can be a challenge – and a roller coaster. (Jeff Martin/Staff)

  • Highlights from the Air Warfare Symposium
    Highlights from the Air Warfare Symposium

    Here’s what stood out at the 2018 Air Warfare Symposium hosted by the Air Force Association in Orlando, Florida. (Jeff Martin/Staff)

  • US Strategic Command boss has a wish list for missile defense
    US Strategic Command boss has a wish list for missile defense

    Gen. John Hyten, the commander of U.S. Strategic Command, lays out his wish list for improved missile defense at an AUSA event in Arlington, Virginia. (Jeff Martin/Staff)

  • Vietnam: A daughter’s journey
    Vietnam: A daughter’s journey

    See the incredible story of one woman’s journey to Vietnam to find the truth about her father’s death in the Vietnam War.

  • The hidden side of the Singapore Airshow
    The hidden side of the Singapore Airshow

    Take a look at small companies participating in the Singapore Airshow, and the role they have in keeping aircraft flying.

  • Armored vehicles at an air show?
    Armored vehicles at an air show?

    Even at the 2018 Singapore Airshow, land vehicles were a topic of discussion. Find out why.