Obama: More Study Needed Before Overhauling Troop Pay, Benefits President Obama said he wants more time to review controversial proposals that would overhaul troop pay and benefits.
Obama Orders Flags Lowered to Honor Tennessee Victims, After Criticism President Obama has ordered that flags be lowered to half-staff at the White House to honor the victims of last week's...
Obama Sees Need for More US Icebreakers: Former Coast Guard Commandant The president wants to expand the country's icebreaker fleet for the Arctic, a former commandant of the Coast Guard says.
Planned Drawdown of US Forces in Afghanistan May be Premature: Centcom The outgoing Centcom commander told lawmakers it may be time to reconsider the plan to reduce US military forces in...
Obama Sets Troop Pay Raise at 1.6 Percent in 2017 The presidential order is consistent with the Pentagon's proposed $583 billion budget for fiscal 2017, which begins Oct. 1.
The Most Talked About Stories This Week on Military.com Here are the stories generating the most comments this week on Military.com, along with a sampling of responses.
Romney Says Obama Has Failed Veterans Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told service members and veterans he would not raise their Tricare medical...
Final Countdown to Sequestration Congress and the White House have until midnight to agree to a plan to replace sequestration, as Defense Secretary Hagel...
Obama: No Final Decision Made on Syrian Attack Barack Obama said said he has hasn't yet decided to order a military strike, but any campaign would be limited in scope.
Obama Reflects on WWI as Ukraine Tensions Rise President Obama visited a World War I American cemetery in Belgium with a message to stand against aggression.
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration from Sending National Guard Troops to Oregon A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon at all, after...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Veterans, Who Saw One of Their Own Arrested by ICE and Charged, Say Feds Are Undermining Democracy Days after a 70-year-old Air Force veteran was among five people charged while protesting outside a suburban U.S. Immigration...
As Hegseth Orders Changes to the Pentagon Watchdog, Advocates Say It Will Silence Complaints Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accused the independent watchdog for the Pentagon of being “weaponized” and says he’s...
