Military Families Storm Hill to End Sequestration The National Military Family Association (NMFA) stormed Capitol Hill at the end of last week to visit all 535 members of...
Furloughs Severely Dropped AF Depot Production Sequester-mandated furloughs put a dent in what had been a significant increase in depot production this past year, but the...
New Air Force Tanker May Avoid Budget Ax The U.S. Air Force's new refueling tanker made by Boeing Co. may dodge automatic budget cuts known as sequestration next year...
Guard in Search for New, Expanded Missions With the National Guard sorely hit by drastic budget cuts that that saw personnel and units go away this year, the leadership...
Officers Group Pushes to Avoid Troop Pay Delay A veterans group is optimistic that lawmakers will reach a deal next week and won't have to delay payments to troops.
Defense Panel Recommends BRAC, Benefit Changes A panel of retired defense leaders and corporate officials calls for base closures to cut DoD spending by $50 billion...
Government Shutdown: How Will it Affect You? Learn some basic answers to common questions that military members and their families are asking about the shutdown.
House Bill Protects Mil Pay Even With Shutdown The House on Saturday night unanimously passed a bill to protect servicemembers and their families from any pay halts.
Pentagon Issues Guidance on Shutdown Operations Managers will reach out to servicemembers and civilian workers to explain contingency plans in case of a government shutdown.
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...
