House Urges Common 5.56mm Round for Army and Marine Corps House said the use of different rounds by the Army and the Marines for the M16 rifle was wasteful and urged a common round.
House Pushes for Missile Defense Improvements to Counter Russia The House Armed Service's Strategic Forces subcommittee said that Russia's acts of aggression have increased the urgency in...
House Rejects Proposed Overhaul to Commissary and Tricare The House rejected proposed Tricare and commissary cuts, and will not be included in its version of the defense spending bill...
House Boosts Funds for Nuclear Submarines, Super Hornets and Amphibs Congress added funds to a range of programs including F-18s and nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines.
House Panel Threatens Defense Funding over Bergdahl Probe The head of a House panel is threatening to freeze funding over the Pentagon's alleged stonewalling in a probe of the swap of...
House Cuts $460M from Air Force's Next Generation Stealth Bomber The HASC mark-up of the 2016 defense bill removes $460 million from the Air Force's request for its new high-tech bomber...
Air Force Mulls Mothballing F-16s if Congress Blocks A-10 Retirement Congress has again intervened to stop the Air Force from retiring the highly-cherished A-10 Warthog close air support...
House Panel Backs Troop Retirement Overhaul Despite Vets' Objections A panel in the House of Representatives voted to overhaul troop retirement benefits despite objections from members who...
House Wants to Cut Army’s M9 Replacement Money The Army's effort to replace its M9 9mm pistol with a new Modular Handgun System may be facing a hurdle now that lawmakers...
House Proposes Army Breastfeeding Rules in Spending Bill A new proposal from lawmakers would require the Army to "develop a comprehensive policy regarding breastfeeding."
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...
