5 Tips to Prepare for Furloughs If you're looking at a financial crunch, here's a 5-step strategy designed to help you weather the storm.
Pentagon Unveils $527B 2014 Budget DoD announced a 2014 base budget that would limit pay raises for military personnel, cancel and delay weapons systems, and...
Vet Groups Question White House Budget Plan Veteran service organizations are forming a united front against part of President Obama's debt-reduction plan.
Pentagon War Budget Still Unknown The Pentagon's proposed budget for the war in Afghanistan may not come for several more weeks, as the top commander mulls how...
Decision on DoD Furloughs Expected Next Week Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is expected to decide early next week on across-the-board furloughs for civilian personnel.
DoD Civilian Furloughs and Job Cuts Loom With furloughs looming, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter this week paid tribute to the job done by the Pentagon's...
Hagel Faces Civilians, Issues 11 Day Furlough Defense Secretary Hagel announced that about 680,000 civilians in the DoD will be subject to 11 days of furlough.
Sequestration Hits Memorial Day Events Nationwide Severe funding constraints are hampering the military's ability to support Memorial Day ceremonies nationwide.
Sequestration Hits Program to House Homeless Vets Communities that have helped veterans get off the streets and into housing are dropping a critical assistance program because...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
