Study Could Recommend Closing Some DoDEA Schools A Defense Department-funded study will examine whether or not to continue running schools on 15 stateside bases.
AF Pilots Rejecting Bonuses to Leave Service Loss of flying hours under the budget cuts has increasingly led Air Force pilots to reject lucrative re-enlistment bonuses to...
Time Running Out for Defense Bill A historically unproductive Congress is running out of days this calendar year to approve the defense budget.
Lawmakers Reach Preliminary Deal on Defense Bill The heads of key defense panels in Congress announced an agreement on the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act.
Lawmakers Agree to Undo Some Sequestration Cuts Congressional budget committees have wrangled a budget deal that would partially shield the DoD from automatic spending cuts.
House Trims Pay Raises for Troops, Retirees The House passed legislation Thursday that would reduce pay raises for troops and retirement benefits for veterans.
Air Force Seeks Jets Beyond C-17 and Even JSF Well before the F-35 has flown one combat mission, the Air Force is already talking about the fighter that will succeed it.
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...