'Restore Real Value': House Panel Wants to Give Junior Enlisted Troops 15% Pay Raise The recommendation on boosting paychecks is part of the final report from the House Armed Services Committee's military...
The Forgotten Victims of the First Atomic Blast That ‘Oppenheimer’ Left Out May Finally Get Their Due Robert Oppenheimer and the scientists he recruited to develop the first atomic bomb at Los Alamos were well aware of the...
US Troops Killed in Plane Crashes Skyrockets in 2017 This year, 37 U.S. service members have died in plane crashes -- more than 130 percent higher than at this point last year.
Pentagon Chief Sidesteps Question on Privatized Barracks Oversight During Congressional Testimony Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stressed the need to invest in housing when pressed Tuesday on how the Pentagon will ensure...
Lawmakers Blast 'Inadequate' Shipbuilding Budget, 30-Year Plan Lawmakers criticized the plan as inadequate for a Navy that needs more grey hulls today to meet global requirements.
The Pentagon Has 6 Months to Disclose What It Knows About UFOs Lawmakers are demanding answers from U.S. intelligence agencies and the DoD on the potential existence of UFOs.
UFOs Are 'Real,' and the US Needs Answers, Former Military Officials Say Former service members and DoD officials are becoming increasingly vocal about what they've seen in the skies that can't be...
Shanahan Launches New Investigation into Deadly 2017 Niger Ambush The Oct. 4, 2017, incident left four U.S. soldiers dead.
VA Nominee Wilkie Pledges No 'Privatization' of Vets Health Care At his confirmation hearing, Robert Wilkie also rejected allegations that he supported "racially divisive" issues.
Congress Just Might Pass the Defense Budget Bill on Time This Year Congress could hit the deadline for passing a military budget bill for the first time since 1996.
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...