Lawmakers Advance $695B Defense Bill, Include Money to Change Confederate Base Names The fiscal 2021 defense funding bill would also fund a 3% troop pay raise.
KC-10 Tankers, B-1 Bombers Can Slowly Be Retired, Lawmakers Say The Air Force must maintain 50 primary mission KC-10A aircraft in 2021, legislation says. It must keep 24 combat-coded B-1s.
Extra Cash for Low-Income Military Families, 3% Pay Raise in House Proposal The bill would make changes to Exceptional Family Member programs, child care services and sexual assault investigations.
Senate's $740 Billion Defense Bill Includes Pay Raise, Controversial Changes The Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday advanced the $740.5 billion defense bill for fiscal 2021.
Congress Pumps Brakes on Moves to Shift Air Force Bases to Space Force Lawmakers will not allow the U.S. Space Force to realign Air Force bases that host space missions until they get an analysis.
Senate Calls for New F-35 Hub in Pacific, Deployment of Cruise Missile Batteries The SASC wants to spend nearly $7 billion over two years to launch a new military effort aimed at deterring China.
No New Tricare Fees in Proposed DoD Budget The Pentagon takes a break from hiking health care enrollment fees and co-pays.
Bill Would Allow Troops to Keep Blown-Up Protective Gear as a Memento A provision in the defense budget bill aims to make it easier to donate protective gear to the service members who wore it.
Massive Relief Bill Would Triple Military Hospital Beds, Fund Guard Deployments The measure would give the DoD $1.5 billion to open expeditionary hospitals as experts warn bed space will fall short.
The Coast Guard Has Billions in Overdue Maintenance, and Lawmakers Are Concerned Congress appropriated about $12.2 billion for the Coast Guard in fiscal 2020.
Veterans Could Get Free Gun Safes Under Suicide Prevention Proposal Introduced in House Any veteran who wants a lockbox to store their firearm would be able to get one for free from the Department of Veterans...
Army Delays Bonus Pay for Deployed Soldiers The pay bump was due to begin next Tuesday, but Army officials said that all the details of the bonus had never been sorted...
The Air Force Unveiled an Ambitious Reorganization Plan. Can It Survive a Presidential Election? The Department of the Air Force's ambitious reorganization plan designed to keep the Air Force and Space Force competitive...
VA Employee Charged with Threatening Ordered to Wear GPS Monitor A carpenter at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Manchester, N.H., has been released on conditions he wear...
Keesler Command Chief Sacked After Investigation Ordered by Training Wing Colonel The command chief of the 81st Training Wing at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi was removed from his leadership role...