Guard Civilians Back at Work, Drills Still on Hold Some of the National Guard’s roughly 40,000 technicians who were forced to take unpaid leave last week because of the...
VA Furloughs 9,000 Staff, Regional Offices Close Nearly 10,000 Department of Veterans Affairs’ employees are staying home Tuesday after the VA ordered them furloughed Monday...
Stateside Commissaries Return to Normal Hours Commissaries returned to normal operations less than one week after their closure inspired a system-wide rush on groceries.
Death Benefits Denied to Families of Fallen Troops Families of servicemembers killed in combat last weekend will be denied death benefits while the government shutdown...
Vet Groups Scramble to Help Vets in VA Furlough Disabled American Veterans service officers began setting up Tuesday in local DAV posts, Department of Veterans Affairs'...
Troops Will Get Mid-Month Pay and Bonuses on Time Active-duty troops will get their usual pay and allowances on Oct. 15 and likely most incentive pays and re-enlistment...
Continuing Family Support During the Shutdown Here's a guide as to what to expect regarding the operating status of family programs while the government is shut down.
DoD Restores Death Benefits with Nonprofit's Help The Pentagon partnered with the Fisher House Foundation to resume the benefits, including a $100,000 death gratuity payment.
Troops Stranded by PCS, TDY Freezes U.S. troops and their families are feeling the second-week PCS effects of the 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...
