DoD Seeks to Delay Matching Retirement Contributions for Junior Troops DoD's proposed budget for 2017 seeks to rein in the military’s new retirement system by delaying when junior troops can begin...
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...
After Scandals, VA Proposes Boost to Inspector General Staff The Veterans Affairs Department is seeking to boost its Office of Inspector General to improve accountability across the VA.
VA Chief Touts Proposal to Make It Easier to Fire Executives Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald on Wednesday discussed a budget proposal designed to make it easier to discipline...
Proposed Tricare Fee Hike 'Perplexes' Military Family Advocates The proposed changes to the military healthcare system in the Pentagon’s fiscal 2017 budget are "perplexing," advocates and...
DoD Tricare 'Reforms' Call For Higher Retiree Fees, Co-Pays The TRICARE reform packet, Defense officials maintain, would simplify insurance options, improve access to managed care.
Senators Pledge to Support VA Chief's Accountability Proposals Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald met on Tuesday with Senators to discuss the VA's budget for fiscal 2017 and beyond.
Partner Forces Closing in on Raqqa and Mosul: Carter Raqqa in Syria and Mosul in Iraq -- the two main ISIS strongholds -- are under increasing pressure from U.S.-backed forces...
Air Force Secretary to Lawmakers: Let Us Close Bases Deborah Lee James said infrastructure improvements across too many bases are forcing the AF to put money where it's not...
Senators Decry Plan to Change Status of Commissary Employees A group of Democrat Senators sent a letter to the DoD decrying a proposal that would change the employment status of...
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...
![Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James speaks to attendees at the Center for a New American Security's, "Women and Leadership in National Security," in Washington, D.C., March 4, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/media/news/people/2015/03/deborah-lee-james-gives-speech.jpg?itok=fslIVTGy "Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James speaks to attendees at the Center for a New American Security's, "Women and Leadership in National Security," in Washington, D.C., March 4, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)")
