MOAA Works to Overturn Military 1% Pay-Raise Cap A group of military officers will meet with representatives from other organizations and seek a united front in opposing a 1...
Army Veterans Recall Layoffs from Previous Eras The latest downsizing of the U.S. Army officer corps brought back memories of similar experiences vets faced decades ago.
Amid Layoffs, Uncertainty Pervades Air Force Officer Corps The service is shrinking after more than a decade of war, as the administration moves to comply with automatic budget cuts.
Costs of Campaign Against Islamic State Near $1 Billion The costs of the U.S. campaign against the Islamic State are approaching $1 billion as the pace of the airstrikes increase.
Odierno: ISIS, Russian Threats May Scuttle Plans to Shrink Army The threats posed by Islamic militants and the Russian military raise doubts about the Army's plans to downsize, Odierno said...
Army: Lack of Black Combat Arms Officers a Long-Term Problem Odierno said the Army needs to evaluate why black officers are not choosing careers in the combat arms, which has left those...
Odierno Warns Budget Cuts Put Army Readiness at Risk The U.S. Army's top officer spoke in his strongest terms yet about the harmful effects of automatic budget cuts on the...
Pentagon Not As Optimistic as GOP over Sequestration Roll Back Sequestration is slated to resume in 2015, but Congressional sources expect the Republicans to lessen the burden on the...
ISIS Campaign Boosts OCO Funding Request to $71.4 Billion The White House this week submitted requests to Congress to boost the budget for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) by $12...
Army Moves to Shut Down 159th Combat Aviation Brigade The decision to shut down the 159th is likely the direct result of a plan to retire the Kiowa helicopter.
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...
