'At the Limits of What I Can Do:' Marine Corps Commandant Makes Plea for Funding Gen. David Berger told Congress that the service has trimmed assets and people and needs full funding to ensure readiness.
Small Arms Training, Alaskan Missile Field: DoD Details Projects Funded by Border Wall Cancellation The unobligated money the DoD was able to recover is a fraction of what had been steered toward the border wall.
Budget Request for Arlington Cemetery Nearly Triples Amid Plans for Major Expansion The Biden administration's fiscal 2022 budget proposal adds $141 million for a project that would add 80,000 burial and...
DoD Health Care Beneficiaries Spared from Fee Increases in New Budget Request The Biden administration has requested a 5.3% increase in the military health system budget to tackle Tricare increases...
Coast Guard Gets a Pay Raise in Biden's First Budget Request The service would actually see a decrease in discretionary funding from fiscal 2021 spending.
VA Gets Another Massive Funding Increase in Biden's First Budget The budget calls for an 8.2% increase in discretionary spending and a nearly 11% rise in mandatory funding, including medical...
Air Force's 'Grey Wolf' Huey Replacement Helicopter Goes Unfunded in DoD Budget Request The service will delay asking lawmakers for funding for the helicopter.
Pentagon Eyes New Bombs for War With China, Not ISIS Despite the service shifting more resources toward the ARRW program last year, the missile failed its first flight test a few...
Climate Change, Extremism Among Military Threats Targeted in DoD Budget Request The Biden administration is addressing extremism in the ranks, as well as climate change, in its first proposed Defense...
Marine Corps Invests in Drone Truck-Based Ship-Killer Missile as it Ditches Some MRAPs The White House budget request for fiscal 2022 totals $47.86 billion for the Marine Corps, up from $45.1 billion last year.
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...