Army Plans to Cut 40,000 Soldiers and Shrink Force to 450,000 by 2017 The Army confirmed Tuesday a force reduction plan to cut 40,000 troops and reduce to a strength of 450,000 by 2017.
What Marines Want From Their Next Commandant As the Corps shuffles leadership, Marines were quick to share what they'd like to see from their next commandant.
Lawmakers, AUSA Warn of Defense Risks to Cutting 40,000 Soldiers The Army’s plan to cut 40,000 troops and reduce force strength to 450,000 posed an unacceptable risk to the nation, the...
US Army Details Plans to Cut 40,000 Soldiers Across Bases Worldwide The downsizing will impact most installations, with Fort Benning in Georgia and Fort Richardson in Alaska being hit hardest.
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...
Carter Says Budget Reductions Forced Army to Cut 40,000 Troops Defense Secretary Carter talked up expanding maternity leave and opening up more jobs to women while stressing that the Army...
Lawmakers Seek to Reverse Cuts to Foreign Language Training A bipartisan group of lawmakers has sent a letter to Ashton Carter asking that DoD restore funding for foreign language...
Obama Defends VA at Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention President Obama told the convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars on Tuesday that he would make sure the U.S. military had the...
Proposed Hikes to Tricare Pharmacy Fees Stall Defense Bill Talks Proposed increases to pharmacy co-pays that would mostly affect retirees have stalled negotiations on the annual defense bill...
What the GOP Candidates Said About Defense During the First Debate The Republican presidential candidates pitched lofty, if unlikely, proposals for the U.S. military.
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...