'Today We Make History': Commission Probing Afghanistan War Starts Work with Veterans Top of Mind The Afghanistan War Commission, created by Congress shortly after the 2021 withdrawal, held its first public hearing...
VA Warns Congress that Benefits Payments Are at Risk Due to Projected $15 Billion Budget Shortfall The VA said it is working with the White House and Congress to address the budget shortfalls in a way that doesn't harm...
Delay in Pentagon Sharing Osprey Crash Data Sparks Threats from House Oversight Committee The Pentagon has not provided a comprehensive list and all safety investigation reports of every class-A Osprey mishap from...
An Army Ammunition Plant's Bullets Keep Showing Up in Mass Shootings. Lawmakers Want Answers. A New York Times investigation found that ammunition from a plant in Missouri has been used in at least 12 high-profile mass...
Pentagon Likely to Continue Using PFAS-Based Firefighting Foam for 2 More Years, Watchdog Says Cost, training challenges and concerns about a replacement are preventing the Defense Department from meeting an Oct. 1...
Top Republicans Fume After Botched Army Terrorism Briefing Named Anti-Abortion Groups House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers and other committee Republicans sent a letter to Army Secretary Christine...
MDMA Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Gets Backing from Lawmakers, Advocates as FDA Raises Questions An effort to get FDA approval for the treatment, which has been studied for nearly a decade in the U.S., is growing after a...
Disabled Veterans to Congress: Move Out on Stalled Bill to Allow Payment of Both Retirement and Disability Benefits Despite wide bipartisan backing, the Major Richard Star Act has languished for years, increasingly frustrating the veterans...
Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, Army Veteran and Longtime Military Advocate, Dies at 89 As Oklahoma's senior U.S. senator, Inhofe was a staunch supporter of the state’s five military installations and a vocal fan...
Restrictions on Transgender Health Care Slipped into Senate's Must-Pass Defense Bill The military would not be able to pay for surgeries for transgender troops under the Senate's version of the must-pass annual...
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...
Coast Guard Set to Receive New Icebreaker by Year's End, Bolstering US Presence in Arctic The need for ships with icebreaking capabilities is growing as China and Russia increase their presence in the Arctic...
Marine Corps F-35C Was Used in Combat for First Time to Strike Houthis, Military Confirms Traveling at speeds of 1,200 mph, the F-35C can carry Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, air-to-air missiles and other...
Military Diversity Is Not the Problem "The main reason for concern about the U.S. military and its performance has to do with the variety of U.S. commitments and...
MacDill Airman Gets 5 Years Of Probation in 'Undead Apes' Blockchain Fraud U.S. District Judge William Jung sentenced Devin Rhoden to five years’ probation, a reflection of Rhoden’s substantial...
