Congress Agrees to Troop Pay, BAH Cuts in Budget Compromise The deal on the 2015 defense budget would mean more out-of-pocket healthcare costs and lower pay increases for troops.
Tobacco Prices on Base Go Up Under Defense Spending Bill On base tobacco product prices will likely increase thanks to a measure in the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act.
Lawmakers Curb Army's Plans to Transfer Apaches from Guard The new defense authorization bill would limit the Army's plans to transfer Apache helicopters from the National Guard.
UPDATE: Congress Keeps Plan to Stop Service-Specific Camo Patterns Lawmakers kept the plan to eliminate service specific-camouflage patterns for branches of the U.S. military.
Congress Punts on Reducing Retiree COLA Pay The plan to provide reduced cost-of-living increases to working-age retirees has been postponed by a year.
Budget Deal Includes 1% Troop Pay Raise, More Funding for Weapons The federal budget deal includes funding for commissaries as well as weapons systems such as the JSF and the A-10 Warthog.
New House Military Personnel Chair against More Pay and Benefits Cuts Rep. Joe Heck said he'll use his post as House military personnel chair to oppose Pentagon proposals for cuts to pay and...
Hagel Warns Major Changes Coming to Pay and Benefits Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said that 2015 will feature a major debate in Congress on proposed changes to military pay and...
Soldiers and Families Push Back against Army Drawdown at Town Halls Community leaders have been pushing back against troop reductions at Army bases nationwide under the sequester process.
Pentagon Tells Congress to Stop Buying Equipment it Doesn't Need Lawmakers want the U.S. military's service chiefs to have more power to prevent the Pentagon from buying weapons it doesn't...
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...
