Pentagon Pushes To Rein in Rising Pay and Benefits Costs The Pentagon stuck to its long-standing position Friday that rising military personnel costs have to be curbed to make the...
General Warns Budget Cuts Will Cripple the US Military’s Drug War Budget cuts will curtail the military's ability to work with countries in South America and Latin America to stem the flow of...
House Cuts $460M from Air Force's Next Generation Stealth Bomber The HASC mark-up of the 2016 defense bill removes $460 million from the Air Force's request for its new high-tech bomber...
What Marines Want From Their Next Commandant As the Corps shuffles leadership, Marines were quick to share what they'd like to see from their next commandant.
House Passes Defense Bill, Defies Veto Threat from White House The U.S. House of Representatives passed a defense bill for 2016, but failed to garner enough votes to override an Obama veto...
Lawmaker: Congress Must Fight for Higher Troop Pay Raise A 1.6-percent pay raise for military members proposed as part of the president's fiscal 2017 budget is "ridiculous," says one...
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...
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.
Lawmakers Negotiate 2.1% Troop Raise, Drop BAH Cut The legislation still must pass both chambers of Congress and be signed by President Barack Obama before becoming law.
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...
Caregivers Sue VA over Denial of Benefits Survivors of veterans who died from service-connected conditions have filed a class action seeking changes to a VA practice...
Marine Corps Ranks: A Complete Guide to Enlisted and Officer Ranks Explore U.S. Marine Corps ranks from private to general. Learn rank structure, pay grades, insignia and promotion paths in...
Homeowners Say the Army Corps and its Contractors Mishandled LA Fire Debris Cleanup More than 800 complaints were submitted to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hotline dedicated to the agency's debris removal...
Japan Marks End of World War II as Survivors Remember Wartime Emperor's Surrender Speech 80 Years Ago A national ceremony will begin at Tokyo’s Budokan hall at noon, the same time then-Emperor Hirohito’s 4½-minute prerecorded...
Flights Restricted over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Ahead of Trump-Putin Summit North American Aerospace Defense Command issued a statement saying it would be enforcing Federal Aviation Administration...
