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.
Airmen Are the Key to Air Power Deborah Lee James talked about the importance of a healthy budget, innovation and developing Airmen as key pieces to...
Army Lists Top 12 Items in Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request Topping the list of things the Army wants in its $127 billion Fiscal Year 2016 budget request are 12 critical programs that...
Senate Panel Backs Military Retirement Change, Troop Pay Raise of 1.3% Lawmakers on a Senate panel agreed to overhaul the military retirement system and give troops a less-than-expected pay raise...
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.
Obama Sees Need for More US Icebreakers: Former Coast Guard Commandant The president wants to expand the country's icebreaker fleet for the Arctic, a former commandant of the Coast Guard says.
Budget Proposal Includes Major Retiree Tricare Fee Hikes The new Defense Department budget proposal for 2017 sent today to Congress drastically increases the cost of healthcare for...
Commissary Agency Passes Audit as Lawmakers Seek to Curb Funding The assessment comes despite multiple proposals from some lawmakers and the Defense Department to cut the agency's budget.
Commissary Prices Might Change at Some Stores This Fall: Officials Commissaries could increase prices on some items while also lowering them on others as early as November, officials announced...
Pentagon Reportedly Buried Study Exposing $125 Billion in Waste Senior defense officials suppressed a study documenting administrative waste, fearing Congress would cut the defense budget.
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...
My Job Was Army Cook. But Ranger School Didn’t Care, and I Wasn’t Going Home Without a Tab I joined the Army as a cook, thinking it would keep me out of trouble. I wasn’t looking to be a hero; I just needed a reset...
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.
Trump Names Himself Chair of LA Olympics Task Force, Sees Role for Military During Games In past Olympic Games held on American soil, sitting presidents have served in passive, ceremonial roles. President Donald...
Military Base Shootings Have Ranged from Isolated Incidents to Workplace Violence and Terrorism The shooting of five U.S. Army soldiers at a base in Georgia on Wednesday is the latest in a growing list of violent...