Bill Would Give Vets With 'Bad Paper' Discharges Better Appeal Options Different approaches in House and Senate would improve affected troops' chances for reconsideration.
Different Chambers and Parties, One Goal: Reduce Military Sexual Assaults Rep. Jackie Speier and Sen. Martha McSally are behind provisions to change how the military addresses sexual assault.
Increased Funding for Next-Gen Army Helos, Vehicles in Senate’s NDAA The Senate has passed its version of the Pentagon's budget bill.
Military Budget Battle Focuses On Border Wall Funding, Deployments Republicans are pushing to restore military funding for the border wall.
Senate Passes Blue Water Navy Bill, Cementing Victory for Ill Vietnam Veterans The unanimous vote paves the way for President Trump's signature.
Bill Would Allow Troops to Freeze Eggs or Sperm, Delay Postpartum Deployments The House’s fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act would institute a number of measures to support active-duty family...
Congress Takes 1st Step in Forcing Marines to Make Boot Camp Coed The Marine Corps is the only service that still keeps men and women in separate units during entry-level recruit training.
Military Pay Raise Safe, All Else Uncertain in Defense Budget, Key Lawmaker Says Rep. Adam Smith wants to cut $17 billion from the administration's $750 billion defense budget.
The Navy's $2.7 Billion Plan to Build Drone Ships Faces Hurdles in Congress The Navy wants $400 million for two large unmanned-surface vessels in 2020.
Navy's Plan to Retire a Carrier Early Could Be Axed by New Bill Members of the HASC have drafted legislation that would bar the defense secretary from reducing the number of carriers.
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...
