Navy Fights to Stay Ready with Fewer Dollars The 2015 Pentagon budget submission has forced the sea service to adjust priorities to maintain readiness.
Sgt Maj Tells Congress Troops Can Handle Pay Cuts The Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps said Marines care more about maintaining equipment and training rather than pay.
House Proposes Funding to Refuel 11th Carrier A Congressional subcommittee has offered legislation for the necessary funding to refuel the USS George Washington.
Survey: Nine in 10 Troops Oppose Cuts to Pay, BAH About nine in 10 active-duty troops oppose DoD proposals to reduce their pay raises and basic allowances for housing.
Guard Reluctantly Begins Plan to Give Up Apaches The Army National Guard has begun taking steps to relinquish its fleet of AH-64 Apache helicopters to the active component.
Pentagon Defends Pay and Benefit Cuts to Congress The military's top leaders tried to sell Congress on the pay and benefits changes they proposed in the 2015 defense budget.
Commission Could Decide Future Pay and Benefits As officials call for cuts, a congressional commission is traveling the country to hear from service members.
House Panel Protects A-10, Pulls BRAC from Budget The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday added $104 billion to the proposed defense budget for 2015.
Entrepreneurs Offer Alternatives for Lean Budgets Recent budget cuts have forced Defense Department and Defense Intelligence Agency officials into a bind when working with...
Hagel Renews Push for Pay Cuts, Base Closings Hagel will press ahead with proposals to trim pay and benefits and close bases despite rejection by a key House committee.
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...
