VA Asks for Historic $4.1 Billion for Construction as Agency Weighs Closing Some Aging Medical Facilities After the Senate scuttled the department's recommendations on medical facility upgrades and closures, the VA launched a new...
125% Increase to Space Force Bonuses Part of 2024 Budget Request that Would Grow Ranks The Space Force wants to grow the number of Guardians by nearly 10% and hopes to offer almost $5 million in new bonuses to...
Battle Lines Drawn in Congressional Debate over Cutting -- or Increasing -- $842 Billion Pentagon Budget Failure to come to an agreement on funding the Pentagon and the rest of the federal government could mean a government...
Biggest Military Pay Raise in Decades Proposed by White House The proposal for a 5.2% bump in basic military pay is part of the administration's overall request for $842 billion in...
Pentagon Funding in Question After House Fight over Speakership One of the promises Kevin McCarthy made to win over his critics was to trim overall government spending to the dollar figure...
Biden Signs Defense Bill with Vaccine Mandate Repeal, 4.6% Military Pay Raise The sweeping defense policy bill that repeals the military's COVID-19 vaccine mandate and endorses a 4.6% pay raise for...
Billions Set Aside to Improve Military Housing in Government Spending Package Headed to Biden's Desk Mold, which is known to cause several health issues including breathing problems and skin infections, has been plaguing...
VA to Get 22% Budget Boost for Medical Care In Government Spending Deal Lawmakers are set to approve $118.7 billion for veterans medical care for 2023, which is $21.7 billion more than was approved...
Largest Military Pay Raise In 20 Years Headed to Biden's Desk As Part of Defense Bill This year's National Defense Authorization, or NDAA, endorses a basic pay raise for 2023 of 4.6%, far higher than 2022's 2.7%...
Ukraine Aid on the Line as Defense Hawks Prepare for New Congress and 'Wokeness' Fight The Pentagon's biggest backers in Congress are making their case for a traditional view of robust funding for defense and...
Top Enlisted Leader at Air Force Special Operations Command Fired, Facing Investigation Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green, who advised on the readiness, training and quality of life of enlisted air commandos, was...
Army to Soldiers: Reenlist by Monday if You Want to Claim Incentives While it is not unusual for the Army to curtail incentives after meeting its retention goals, the troops were given little...
Former Air Force Commander Punished with 21 Days' Confinement, Forfeiture of Pay After Guilty Plea Col. Christopher Meeker, the former commander of Wright-Patterson's 88th Air Base Wing, was sentenced Tuesday evening after...
New Air Force Academy Mission Statement Drops Educate, Adds a Different Focus The Air Force Academy has rolled out a new mission statement that drops the word "educate" and adds in a focus on winning...
The Army Is Getting Rid of Athletic Trainers The Army is set to phase out its unit-level athletic trainers -- civilian specialists tasked with providing immediate care...
