Sequestration Casts Shadow on Shrinking, Aging Air Force Fleet Today's Air Force is not only smaller, but its diminutive fleet is older than it has ever been, the service's chief of staff...
Obama Signs Suicide Prevention Bill Named for Marine Veteran President Obama on Thursday signed into law the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act.
Navy's Next Generational Nuclear Submarine Fund Has No Money The Navy and Congress have yet to find money to pay for the service's fleet of next-gen nuclear-armed ballistic missile subs.
House Wants to Cut Army’s M9 Replacement Money The Army's effort to replace its M9 9mm pistol with a new Modular Handgun System may be facing a hurdle now that lawmakers...
Lawmakers Seek to Reverse Cuts to Foreign Language Training A bipartisan group of lawmakers has sent a letter to Ashton Carter asking that DoD restore funding for foreign language...
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...
2016 National Defense Act Contains Education and GI Bill Changes REAP program is being terminated and more emphasis given to reintegrate active duty and reserve/guard forces into civilian...
Female Ranger Grad, Air Force Hero Invited to Watch State of the Union When President Obama gives his State of the Union address, the First Lady will be sitting with one of the first female...
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...
Air Force Secretary to Lawmakers: Let Us Close Bases Deborah Lee James said infrastructure improvements across too many bases are forcing the AF to put money where it's not...
Tennessee Man Shot Dead After Flipping Middle Finger at War Memorial Albert Sturgill Jr., 63, was confronted by a group while gesturing at the flag and monuments at Cumberland County Veterans...
Chicago Braces for Potential National Guard Deployment Amid Trump Threats Illinois politicians are sounding an alarm and bracing for possible National Guard deployments to Chicago amid President...
9/11 Air Defense Stories You Might Not Know As hijacked planes turned into weapons on September 11, 2001, inside a quiet Air National Guard facility in upstate New York...
Is Trump's Troop Buildup in US Cities a Declaration of War — or Something Else? As President Donald Trump goads Democratic-led cities, Americans are grappling with a fundamental question of American...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...