Army Becomes Latest Service with No Top Officer as Senate Hold Persists Gen. Randy George, the service's No. 2 officer, stepped in as acting chief of staff on Friday as Gen. James McConville...
Congress Weighs Competing Proposals to Tackle Companies Charging Veterans to File Claims A fight is bubbling up over competing proposals in Congress to address companies that charge fees to help veterans file...
'Waiting Is Not an Option for Marines': Top Marine Officer Issues Guidance as Confirmation Stalls The Marine Corps' acting chief issued a letter to the force this week pledging continuity as an unprecedented congressional...
Stolen Valor Among Small Businesses Lying About Being Veteran-Owned Targeted by Iowa Senator Sen. Joni Ernst's bill has received support from some veterans groups, including the American Legion.
Veterans in Congress Press for Bowe Bergdahl to Be Retried After Sentenced Was Dismissed Five House Republicans wrote Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Attorney General Merrick Garland protesting a judge's...
'Truly Very Sorry': Family of Fallen Marine Apologizes After Congressman Claims Pentagon Charged Them for Remains Transfer Honoring Our Fallen, a nonprofit that supports families of deceased service members, paid for Marine Sgt. Nicole Gee's...
Army, Navy Will Be Latest Services Without Chiefs as Senator Maintains Block on Confirmations Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville is set to retire next week, while Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday will...
Showdown Looming: Senate Takes Moderate Route, House Pushes Culture Wars in Annual Defense Bill The two chambers will now have to find common ground on the starkly different versions of the National Defense Authorization...
House Republicans Vote to Block VA from Changing Motto to Include Female Veterans The VA would not be able to "modify or remove any display" of the mission statement it adopted 64 years ago under an...
Bill Would Ban Discrimination in Military 75 Years After Racial Integration Policies barring discrimination in the military based on race, gender and other innate characteristics would be enshrined in...
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...
