VA Needs a 20% Budget Boost to Cover Coming Surge of Medical Costs, Veterans Groups Say The Biden administration's proposed 2022 budget has yet to be implemented, but veterans advocates say more money is needed...
Drastic Cuts to Recruiting, Moves and New Ship Delays Are Inevitable Without a Budget, Navy Says Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday warned a CR would mean cutting the number of new recruits for the service to 23...
Service Chiefs Warn Congress: Full-Year Stopgap Spending Will Disrupt PCSs, Bonuses, Training The service chiefs are concerned about ripple effects on service members and their families if lawmakers punt on federal...
Navy Blasted as Ineffective on Capitol Hill as Budget Crisis Looms A pair of House lawmakers say they are fed up with the Navy's inability to advocate for itself and its priorities on Capitol...
Biden Signs Defense Bill that Backs 2.7% Pay Raise for Troops The $768 billion National Defense Authorization Act also changes the way the military justice system will prosecute sexual...
Defense Bill Headed to Biden’s Desk as Military Justice Debate Rages On The NDAA approved by Congress creates prosecutor positions called "special trial counsel" to handle cases of sexual assault .
Boost to Enlisted Pay and Benefits Eyed by Top House Lawmakers Rep. Mike Rogers said he and committee Chairman Adam Smith want a sizable increase for enlisted troops as part of next year's...
Military Would Get Boost for Sexual Assault Reform and Pacific Capabilities in Senate Budget Bill The spending bill unveiled by the Senate Appropriations Committee would give the Pentagon $725.8 billion for fiscal year 2022...
Military Pay, Benefits Disruptions Uncertain Amid Debt Ceiling Fight The president and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are warning that pay and benefits are at risk in Congress' battle over the...
Congress Wants to Know How the Air Force Will Get a Better F-35A Engine The legislation calls on the Pentagon to tell lawmakers how it would integrate the propulsion system being developed under...
One Detainee Killed and 2 Others Critically Injured in Dallas ICE Facility, Homeland Security Says A shooter with a rifle opened fire from a nearby roof onto a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement location in Dallas on...
Pentagon Adds Exemptions to Requirement for All Troops to Get the Flu Shot The Pentagon has stepped back from the policy that requires all troops to get the flu shot every year by introducing...
Travis Decker, Man Accused of Killing His Daughters, Is Dead, US Marshals Service Reportedly Says The hunt for Travis Decker, an Army veteran accused of killing his three young daughters near Leavenworth, Washington, could...
Man Arrested on Suspicion of Trying to Board Camp Pendleton Helicopter with Lit Flare A civilian holding a lit flare tried to board a Marine Corps helicopter while the aircraft was sitting on a Camp Pendleton...
Hegseth Abruptly Summons Top Military Commanders to a Meeting in Virginia Next Week The directive did not offer a reason for the gathering Tuesday of senior commanders of the one-star rank or higher and their...
