Senator: Find $2B to Undo Troop Benefit Cuts A leading Republican senator is asking his colleagues to find $2 billion in the budget to offset reductions to pay and...
Amos: Tough Road Ahead For Dunford as Commandant Gen. James Amos outlined budget and personnel challenges ahead for his successor as Marine commandant.
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.
VA Seeks to Reallocate Choice Act Funds in $169B Budget Proposal The Veterans Affairs Department would be funded to nearly $169 billion next year under the budget proposed by the White House...
Special Operations Leaders Voice Sequestration Concerns Challenges caused by limited resources, fiscal uncertainty and the changing nature of threats have forced the military's...
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...
Lawmaker: Congress Receptive to New Round of Military Base Closures The ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee opened the door to shuttering unused military bases and...
Pentagon Can Only Hope to Keep Paying Troops, Carter Says Defense Secretary Ashton Carter says he wants to keep paying the troops but can only offer hope on a budget resolution.
Navy Budget Confirms Plans to Cut Purchases of Littoral Combat Ships The U.S. Navy plans to reduce its Littoral Combat Ship buy from 52 to 40 vessels over the next five years, according to the...
Mabus Details Plans to Locate Seabasing Ships Near Japan, South Korea Two of the U.S. Navy's newest seabasing platforms will be located near Japan and South Korea, the secretary of the Navy...
5 Soldiers Wounded in Mass Shooting at Fort Stewart in Georgia Five soldiers were wounded Wednesday morning in a shooting at Fort Stewart in Georgia, one of the highest-profile Army...
VA to Give Veterans One-Year Authorizations to Seek Care from Private Providers in 30 Specialties The move allows veterans to get 12 months of private treatment without having to request a reauthorization.
Air Force Investigating After Security Forces Kill Civilian Who Crashed into Arizona Base Gate An airman from the base's Security Forces Squadron "shot and fatally injured" the civilian after several of the troops used...
Broken Altimeter, Ignored Warnings: Hearings Reveal What Went Wrong in DC Crash that Killed 67 Over three days of sometimes contentious hearings this week, the National Transportation Safety Board interrogated Federal...
Senators Seek Answers on Hawaii Veteran Ordered to Self-Deport U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut have sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem...