Lawmakers Debate Repealing Saddam-Era War Measures on Iraq Several committee Republicans argued repealing the decades-old authorizations would send the wrong message to Iran.
DoD Put Troops and Families at Risk with Slow Response to 'Forever Chemicals,' Report Finds Although the Defense Department was notified in 2011 that it should be concerned about contamination from chemicals in...
Carl Levin, Former Senator Who Spent Decades Focused on the Military, Dies at 87 Levin was especially astute on defense matters thanks to his years as the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee...
Down to the Wire, the Senate Has a Deal to Fund the National Guard The Senate has agreed on a massive funding package that would refund the National Guard ahead of the fast-approaching Sunday...
Defense Bills Would Provide New Food Allowance for Low-Income Military Families The House and Senate bills include an allowance to cover food costs and other basic needs for troops whose families fall...
VA Makes 'Error' in Using Gender-Neutral Motto in Official Government Notice A version of the agency's mission statement included in a Federal Register notice last week stripped gender pronouns from...
Senate Confirms Frank Kendall to Lead Air Force Despite facing several holds during the confirmation process, senators ultimately voted to confirm Frank Kendall as the 26th...
Nebraska the First State to Slow Down National Guard Operations In the Face of Budget Crunch States across the country are bracing to cancel National Guard training and ground aircraft until October due to the budget...
Smaller Military Pay Raise, Increased Parental Leave Included in Senate's 2022 Defense Bill The committee on Thursday voted 23-3 to advance the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in a markup session...
Proposed 'Air and Space Guard' Would Stop Space Force from Getting its Own Component The Senate Armed Services Committee put forward a proposal to change the name of the Air National Guard to the "Air and Space...
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...
