House Lawmakers Want Air Force to Study Restarting F-22 Production Republicans on a key defense committee in the House want the Air Force to study the cost of restarting production of the F-22...
2.1% Pay Raise, More Troops, Commissary Changes in Draft Defense Bill Troops would receive a 2.1 percent pay raise in 2017 under a plan released by House lawmakers this week.
House Proposal Would Cut War Budget to Fund Procurement, Maintenance The HASC chairman said his version of the defense budget bill for 2017 would fund overseas military activities for half a...
House Defense Bill Would Fund 3,000 Additional Marines The Marine Corps could enjoy its first plus-up of troops in several years if a provision in the new defense budget bill...
House Panel Seeks to Increase Army Ranks by 45,000 Soldiers The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee has introduced a bill that would increase the U.S. Army by 45K soldiers.
VA Secretary Criticizes House Lawmakers Over Planned Budget Cuts VA Secretary Bob McDonald said the White House and Senate are showing greater commitment to veterans than the House.
Allies Pledge to Contribute More to ISIS Fight But Offer Few Specifics Carter secured pledges from allies in the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS to do more but the allies were short on specifics.
Advocates Rally to Stop Senate Plan to Cut Military Housing Allowance The plan would cover only what is actually paid in rent and make two or more troops occupying the same housing split the...
Senate Backs 1.6% Troop Pay Raise, BAH Cuts, Health Care Reform The Senate has approved a defense bill that calls for a 1.6 percent military pay raise and reduced housing allowances.
Senators Want to Help Troops with PTSD Appeal Bad Discharges An amendment to make it easier for vets to upgrade "bad paper" discharges resulting from PTSD was offered by a group 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...
