Shutdown Cancels Reserve and Guard Unit Drills The federal government shutdown has put all National Guard and Reserve training, both monthly and annual, on hold.
Navy, Air Force and Army Football Allowed to Play The Defense Department will allow the Navy, Air Force and Army football teams to play this Saturday despite the decision...
Shutdown Adding to Vet Appeals Backlog A VA official said the claims backlog was now down 30 percent, but that progress could be lost because of the shutdown.
DoD Guidance on Pay and Bonuses Expected The Defense Department was preparing guidance Thursday on what will happen during a prolonged government shutdown to re...
DoD Cancels TDYs and Skill Courses in Shutdown The Pentagon advised all services to cancel TDY assignments for military personnel attending professional development schools...
VA Mum on Bill That Offered Shutdown Protection The VA still cannot say if it backs legislation that would provide the agency full funding a year in advance.
Confusion Hovers over Pay, Bonuses in Shutdown The status of military incentive pay and bonuses is caught up in the politics of the government shutdown.
Furloughed Defense Civilians Recalled in Shutdown Most DoD civilian employees, including payroll and commissary workers, will return to work next week.
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...
