Showdown Looming: Senate Takes Moderate Route, House Pushes Culture Wars in Annual Defense Bill The two chambers will now have to find common ground on the starkly different versions of the National Defense Authorization...
GOP Uses Must-Pass Defense Bill to Thwack at Abortion, Transgender Troops as Legislation Passes House The traditionally bipartisan bill became a battleground for culture war issues this year after far-right lawmakers threatened...
Canceled Bonuses, Delayed Moves: Air Force Cash Problems Trigger Cuts Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles "C.Q." Brown, told lawmakers during his confirmation hearing that the service is...
Stolen Valor Researchers Sound Alarm on House Proposal to Curtail Access to Military Records Uncovering when people are lying about their military service could be harder under a proposal in Congress to restrict public...
Enlisted Troops Could See 30% Pay Hike Under House's 2024 Defense Spending Bill A House panel's proposal for annual Pentagon spending would give E-6s and below significant increases in their base pay.
Lawmakers Pressure Air Force to Finally Make Space Command HQ Basing Decision Lawmakers are dialing up pressure on the Air Force to make a final decision about the permanent home for U.S. Space Command.
Biggest Troop Pay Raise in 2 Decades on Track in House Defense Bill Service members would get a 5.2% pay raise next year under the House Armed Services Committee's draft of the annual defense...
Bad Economy Bonus for E-6 and Below Pushed by House in Annual Defense Bill The proposal for a bonus for service members hurting from the economy is similar to an idea in last year's House NDAA for an...
5.2% Troop Pay Raise in 2024 Gets Support as Debt Ceiling Fight Subsides Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand urged the leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee to ensure that this year's National Defense...
VA Lost More than $3.5 Billion in Misplaced Spending in Fiscal 2022 The amount is down from the previous two years but is still nearly quadruple the amount in fiscal 2019.
The Email Chain Heard 'Round the Corps: Top Enlisted Leader Makes Surprise Visit to Corporal's Graduation Cpl. Andrew Hundley never expected fame, but after becoming a Marine Corps sensation overnight, he wields it with humility...
Retired Rear Admiral Who Served Under Trump Warns of Plans to Politicize Military Justice System Retired Rear Adm. Jim McPherson warned that the Trump administration and leaders in the Pentagon have politicized the...
Pentagon Proposes Ending 14 Advisory Panels, Including Historic Committee Focused on Women in the Services As part of a review to determine whether the boards provide value and contribute to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's vision...
Army Faces Backlash over Plan to Divert Barracks Funds to Border Mission The decision, reported last week by Military.com, would gut a key portion of the Army's Facilities Sustainment, Restoration...
US Soldier Gets 23 Years for Killing His Pregnant Wife with a Machete And Dumping Her in the Trash Pfc. Dewayne Johnson II pleaded guilty earlier in the week to voluntary manslaughter, obstruction of justice and providing...