White House May Backtrack on Defense Budget Deal: Thornberry Rep. Mac Thornberry is concerned the White House will renege on the recent federal budget deal and reduce planned levels of...
DoD Tricare 'Reforms' Call For Higher Retiree Fees, Co-Pays The TRICARE reform packet, Defense officials maintain, would simplify insurance options, improve access to managed care.
2.1% Pay Raise, More Troops, Commissary Changes in Draft Defense Bill Troops would receive a 2.1 percent pay raise in 2017 under a plan released by House lawmakers this week.
Air Force's ‘Tops in Blue’ Permanently Shut Down The musical troupe, based at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, has been in limbo since its 2016 season was prematurely canceled...
Readiness, ISIS Fight Come First for Mattis in Rebuilding Military Defense Secretary Mattis said that readiness and the fight against ISIS will come first if he gets more money in the next...
Trump: Germany's Lower NATO Dues 'Unfair' to US Trump first stressed "my strong support of NATO" and then renewed his campaign criticism of members of the alliance.
Cuts Put Army's Force Structure Changes at Risk Army leaders have planned for its force strength to shrink with the onset of budget cuts and the end of combat operations in...
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.
Trump Reportedly Weighs Immediate Discharge of All Transgender Troops. Here's What That Would Mean. The proposed plan, as first reported by the Times of London, would entail signing an order within days of Trump taking office...
The Best Amazon Black Friday Week 2024 Deals for Service Members, Veterans and Their Families America’s favorite shopping holiday isn’t just a single day, or even a weekend, anymore. Here’s how U.S. service members...
Overseas Troops to See Fewer Sweets, More Sweet Potatoes on Their Holiday Tables This Year For some unexplained reason, the Defense Logistics Agency is shipping 800% more sweet potatoes overseas than it did last...
For Soldiers at Fort Carson, Food Is Scarce As Americans gather for Thanksgiving feasts, soldiers at Fort Carson, Colorado, are contending with a far less festive...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
!["Tops in Blue," the U.S. Air Force's premier entertainment group, performed last January at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. (Air Force/Krystal Ardrey)](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/media/people/2016/09/air-force-band.jpg?itok=_xm-RmVP ""Tops in Blue," the U.S. Air Force's premier entertainment group, performed last January at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. (Air Force/Krystal Ardrey)")
