A Better Way to Give Pay Raises to Junior Enlisted? Key Senator Says It's Under Consideration This Year. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed said his panel is considering whether there is a "better model" to boost...
Middle East Conflicts Revive Clash Between the President and Congress over War Powers The Middle East conflicts have revived what's been a long-running clash between presidents and Congress, which holds the...
'Days Where We Wouldn't Even Shoot': US Vet Fighting in Ukraine Pleads with Congress to Pass Stalled Aid Army National Guard veteran Ryan O'Leary saw what a difference it made when U.S. cluster munitions were delivered to the...
VA's Proposed 2025 Budget Includes Increases for Construction, Caregivers and More The proposal, part of President Joe Biden's $7.3 trillion budget package, could result in the largest VA budget to date if...
More Military Quality-of-Life Improvements Needed, Lawmakers Say, But Budget Caps They Passed Stand in the Way Among the quality-of-life funding included in the request is money for a 4.5% pay raise for troops, $2.35 billion for Army...
Biden Signs a Package of Spending Bills Passed by Congress Just Hours Before a Shutdown Deadline The legislation's success gets lawmakers about halfway home in wrapping up their appropriations work for the 2024 budget year...
Congress Passes First Package of Spending Bills Just Hours Before Shutdown Deadline for Key Agencies The first package now making its way to Biden's desk covers the departments of Justice, Veterans Affairs, Agriculture...
PACT Act Takes Front and Center Among Veteran Issues in Biden's State of the Union Address on Accomplishments While Biden dedicated significant portions of his first two State of the Union speeches to veterans policy, this year's...
Bill Allowing Disabled Veterans to Collect Full Benefits Gets New Push from Supporters on Capitol Hill The Major Richard Star Act would ensure all service members who medically retire have full access to both military retirement...
How US Airdrops of Humanitarian Aid Into Gaza Can Help and Why the Operation Is Complicated The U.S. is also working through how the airdropped aid will be collected and distributed once it's on the ground.
Trump Reportedly Weighs Immediate Discharge of All Transgender Troops. Here's What That Would Mean. The proposed plan, as first reported by the Times of London, would entail signing an order within days of Trump taking office...
The Best Amazon Black Friday Week 2024 Deals for Service Members, Veterans and Their Families America’s favorite shopping holiday isn’t just a single day, or even a weekend, anymore. Here’s how U.S. service members...
Overseas Troops to See Fewer Sweets, More Sweet Potatoes on Their Holiday Tables This Year For some unexplained reason, the Defense Logistics Agency is shipping 800% more sweet potatoes overseas than it did last...
For Soldiers at Fort Carson, Food Is Scarce As Americans gather for Thanksgiving feasts, soldiers at Fort Carson, Colorado, are contending with a far less festive...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
