Shutdown Stings Military Multiple Ways The shutdown is stinging military communities, and the hurt is enhanced by the tough budget choices forced by sequestration.
DoD Requests Plan to Close Stateside Commissaries The DeCA has been asked for a plan to close stateside base grocery stores, say military resale community sources.
Military Community Blasts Congress Over Sequester While members of the Senate and House continue to kick the budget can down the road, those who have sacrificed and suffered...
Who is to Blame for Defense Budget Crisis? President Obama and congressional leaders were foolish to include the mindless sequestration mechanism in the Budget Control...
VA Chief: Shutdown Puts Payments at Risk Eric Shinseki called on House Republicans to pass a continuing budget resolution to avoid harming millions of vets.
Shutdown Ends, But Defense Budgets Still Squeezed With the government shutdown ended, Reserve and National Guard members can resume weekend drills.
Stateside Commissary Closure Plan Angers Patrons "You cannot have true troop readiness if active duty parents think their children could go to bed hungry."
Commissaries to Run as Business, Not Benefit Hagel and his advisers have embraced the concept that base grocery stores should operate as a business and not a benefit.
Furloughs to Hit DoD and TRICARE Prime Update Most of the 800,000 DoD employees will likely see workweeks shortened and pay cut by 20% from April through September.
Congress Moves to Restart Military Tuition Aid The Army, Air Force, Marine Corps will be forced to reopen their tuition assistance programs under a late-hour Senate...
VA to Give Veterans One-Year Authorizations to Seek Care from Private Providers in 30 Specialties The move allows veterans to get 12 months of private treatment without having to request a reauthorization.
Air Force Investigating After Security Forces Kill Civilian Who Crashed into Arizona Base Gate An airman from the base's Security Forces Squadron "shot and fatally injured" the civilian after several of the troops used...
Broken Altimeter, Ignored Warnings: Hearings Reveal What Went Wrong in DC Crash that Killed 67 Over three days of sometimes contentious hearings this week, the National Transportation Safety Board interrogated Federal...
Senators Seek Answers on Hawaii Veteran Ordered to Self-Deport U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut have sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem...
Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson Rock On: ‘Our Military Upbringing Helped Us in Many Ways’ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart have never served in any branch of the military. But the...