Senate Panel Adds Billions to Defense Budget But the Extra Money Wouldn’t Go to Troop Pay Raises A Senate panel has agreed to supersize President Biden’s defense budget request, but that money would not go toward a beefed...
Estimated Cost of Toxic Exposure Bill More Than One-Quarter Trillion Dollars But Bipartisan Backing Holds A sweeping Senate bill to grant benefits to millions of veterans exposed to toxins during their military service could cost...
Pentagon Can Ship More Weapons to Ukraine After Congress Replenishes Aid Funding Biden administration officials had been warning they expected to soon exhaust all of the existing funding to send weapons to...
Despite Housing Troubles Plaguing Sailors, Navy Determined to Spend Money on Shipyards Navy officials, testifying before an appropriations subcommittee, emphasized that much of construction spending will go...
A $1.8 Million Home for Space Force's Top Enlisted Leader Is Included in the 2023 Budget Request The request for a 3,500-square-foot home for the chief master sergeant of the Space Force is tucked away in the $230 million...
Lend-Lease Is Back as Congress Gives Biden New Tool for Quick Ukraine Weapons Shipments The weapons funding could go toward "even more artillery, armored vehicles, anti-armor systems, anti-air capabilities that...
Air Force Wants Big Increase for 2023 Budget to Improve On-Base Housing for Military Families Funds to improve the dwellings provided by privatized housing companies doubled in the budget request, with around $110...
New 'Basic Needs' Allowance on Top of Increases for Housing and Food in Air Force's 2023 Budget The program would be part of the $169 billion 2023 budget request the Air Force unveiled, which included a 4.3% increase in...
Indiana's Guard Swapped its F-16s for A-10s a Decade Ago. Now the Air Force Wants to Send F-16s Back. Under the latest Air Force budget proposal, nearly two dozen of the Indiana Air National Guard's A-10s would be retired.
Navy Names the Ships It Wants Scrapped as Congressional Protests Grow The plans to mothball ships drew near instant outrage from Congress, especially members who follow Navy issues.
Fort Stewart Soldiers Who Fought Gunman, Provided Care to Wounded Recognized for Valor The soldiers were awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for what Secretary of the Army Dan Driscol described as a combination...
US Air Force to Deny Retirement Pay to Transgender Service Members Being Separated from the Service The U.S. Air Force has decided to deny early retirement options for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of...
VA to End Bargaining Agreement Contracts with Most Unions The Department of Veterans Affairs said the move supports an executive order from President Donald Trump that canceled...
Fort Stewart Army Base Shooting Raises Questions About Military Gun Policies A shooting that injured five soldiers at one of the country's largest military bases has resurfaced questions about a long...
A South Carolina War Hero Is the Namesake for the Navy’s Newest Destroyer The U.S. Navy is adding a new battleship, and its namesake will be a South Carolina war hero.