Joint Chiefs Prepare for Vacancy at the Top as Senate Bickers over Confirmations Blockade The blockade on promotions is the work of a single senator -- Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala. -- who is forcing the chamber to hold...
Republican Bill with Massive Boost to Junior Enlisted Pay Sparks Veto Threat from Biden The White House is taking issue with a House Republican proposal to give junior enlisted troops a more than 30% pay bump next...
Air Force Secretary Calls Tuberville's Hold on Military Promotions 'Unprecedented' Tuberville's move has stopped the Pentagon from putting nearly 300 officers into new positions and duty stations, and has...
'Unfair Burden': Tuberville Blockade on Promotions Is Stressing Military Families, 3 Service Secretaries Say Tuberville's move has stopped the Pentagon from putting nearly 300 officers into new positions and duty stations, and has...
After Delays, Army Secretary Signs 'Brandon Act' Policy on Self-Referrals for Mental Health Evaluations After a delay that drew criticism from advocates, Secretary Christine Wormuth rolled out instructions for soldiers designed...
Too Many Managers, Too Few Providers? Watchdog Tells Defense Health Agency to Reexamine Its Market Structure Military health system reforms have kept the Defense Health Agency’s budget flat relative to inflation, but the effort needs...
'Woke' Pentagon Spending at Center of Upcoming Government Shutdown Fight Risk of a government shutdown this fall is rising after a powerful bloc of House conservatives vowed to oppose any stopgap...
Pentagon Set to Allow Calculator Use on Military Entrance Exam as Recruiting Slumps The change would put the ASVAB on par with how test-taking has evolved in the past decade, with calculators being widely used...
Six Months After New Abortion Leave Policy, Pentagon Doesn't Know How Many Troops Have Used It The services have until January to provide the data to Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gil Cisneros'...
TriWest Wins GAO Decision on $65B Tricare Contract That Covers Half of US The current holder of the multibillion-dollar contract, Health Net Federal Services, plans to file a civil suit over the...
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...
![House Freedom Caucus denounce the fiscal year 2024 appropriations process](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-08/ApNewsroom_House_Budget_50569.jpg?itok=3lq10IW4 "Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, center, and members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus denounce the fiscal year 2024 appropriations process as they decry so-called "woke" spending by Democrats and President Joe Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)")
