HASC Chairman: Here's How We Will Make America's Military Great Again More money is certainly required, but so is reform of the Pentagon and how it does business.
Readiness, ISIS Fight Come First for Mattis in Rebuilding Military Defense Secretary Mattis said that readiness and the fight against ISIS will come first if he gets more money in the next...
Most Army Brigades, Navy Planes Aren't Combat Ready: Leaders The House Armed Services Committee lined up top officers Tuesday to plead for scrapping the budget caps of the sequester...
Corps Wants 12K More Marines to Boost Cyber, Info Ops, ISR The Marine Corps is asking Congress for its biggest force increase in nearly a decade.
Service Leaders Divided on Closing Bases to Cut Costs The Army is adamant: It needs to close bases to save money, and it needs to do it now. The Air Force may also be open to the...
Trump Seeking $54B Increase in Defense Spending, Cuts Elsewhere The president reiterated that he wants to better prepare the military to not only deter war but win wars when called to fight...
VA to Get Funding Boost from Trump Budget Proposals, Shulkin Says The VA expects to get a major funding increase from President Trump's 2018 budget proposals, according to Dr. David Shulkin.
McCain Wants to Scrap Navy's Frigate Plan, Open Design Competition The Navy's blueprint for a future frigate is short on capability and long on cost, Sen. John McCain said Tuesday.
The Most Talked About Stories This Week on Military.com Here are the stories generating the most comments this week on Military.com, along with a sampling of responses.
Aboard Ford, Trump Promises 12 Carriers, Record Navy Growth President Trump swapped his signature red "Make America Great Again" ballcap for one bearing the seal of the USS Gerald R...
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...