Lawmakers Urge Biden to Keep Guantanamo Bay Prison Open After Afghanistan Pullout Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford and seven other Republicans sent a letter to Biden urging him to maintain the prison.
Key Republicans Reject Proposal for Permanent National Guard Force on Capitol Hill The top Republicans on the Senate and House Armed Services Committees rebuffed a proposed full-time National Guard quick...
'Worst They'd Ever Seen:' Lawmakers Urge Support for Military Barracks Improvements With 43% of Army barracks falling below minimum acceptable standards, two House members urged Congress to provide funding for...
Troops Blast Senator for Claiming US Military Has Been 'Emasculated' Ted Cruz is taking heat after slamming the U.S. military as being "emasculated" in light of a new recruiting ad.
Air Force Tells Congress It Needs Major Funding for Military Construction Backlog Brig. Gen. William Kale said the service has built databases to track facility conditions and is implementing a plan...
After 8 Years of Effort, Senate Has Votes It Needs to Overhaul Military Sexual Assault Prosecutions The 60-vote threshold ensures that the legislation can override a filibuster that would effectively quash it for this...
Army Secretary Nominee Voices Concerns About 'Unreasonable Demands' on National Guard Christine Wormuth highlighted the delicate balance Guardsmen must maintain between full-time civilian jobs and their military...
After a Decade of Effort, Big Changes Could Be Coming to the Way the Military Handles Sexual Assault The idea of stripping commanders of that responsibility is advancing quickly both on Capitol Hill and at the Pentagon.
Radiation Exposure and Liver Flukes: Little-Known Veterans' Issues Get Attention in Congress Lawmakers have crafted a number of bills this year to understand and respond to little-known incidents that exposed veterans...
DoD Investigating Former Army Officer Who Used Arlington Cemetery Footage in Campaign Ad In April, Harold Earls announced he was running as a Republican in Georgia's 6th Congressional District.
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...
