Marine Corps Insists on High Speed ACV Congress questions how the Marine Corps will be able to deliver high speed ship-to-shore vessel on budget and on time.
Navy Confronts Anticipated Submarine Shortfall The Navy concedes that budget restraints will force the submarine fleet to dip under the size required by combatant...
Lawmaker: ‘Expedite Bill to Kill COLA Adjustment’ It may not be until spring before any action takes place on efforts to restore full cost-of-living adjustments to the pay of...
Congress Plans to Boost the Tomahawk Missiles Fleet All four Congressional defense committees have aligned to support an increase in Tomahawk missile production in 2015 and...
Pentagon Ordered to Better Track Threats to Taiwan Congress added language to the 2015 defense budget requiring the Pentagon to assess and confront Chinese military expansion.
Republicans Take Over Key Senate Committees Here's a breakdown of the Senate Republicans most likely to move into the chairmanships of Senate committees key to the...
Republicans Press to Save A-10 Following New Air Force Proposal The Air Force has reportedly offered a compromise to only retire three A-10 squadrons, not the entire fleet.
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...