Lawmaker: Budget Testimony Altered by Chain of Command? The chairman of a House Armed Forces subcommittee is suggesting that what Pentagon officials are saying may not be what they...
Marine Corps Wants Funding to Improve Security at Recruiting Centers Ten months after a gunman opened fire in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the Corps is still working to bolster the security of its...
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...
Army Defends Cutting Aviation Assets in Budget Plan Members of Congress questioned U.S. Army leaders on Thursday about their budget plans to cut deep into the service's aviation...
Warplanes Top Navy, Marine Corps Wish Lists The Navy and Marine Corps are asking Congress to provide them with more warplanes and weapons systems.
F-35 Cost May Drop to $85 Million by 2019 The Pentagon's fifth-gen fighter program is on course to realize significant savings in coming years, the program manager...
Carter: Return to Sequestration Biggest Threat to National Security A return to the budget caps of sequestration would be the biggest threat to U.S. national security, Defense Secretary Ashton...
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.
Vets Group Blasts Obama for 'Neutrality' on Proposed GI Bill Cuts The White House would not comment on a bill to reduce the housing allowance to children attending college on a parent's GI...
Budget Cuts Leaving Marine Corps Aircraft Grounded Senior Marine officers are warning that the Corps' aviation service is being stretched to the breaking point.
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...
