Marines Looking for a Ride It doesn't have a budget yet and the public can't learn much about the still evolving requirements but we can tell you that...
Nuke Panel Urges Big AF Changes Saying they were surprised by the extent of the "erosion" in the quality of the Air Force's management of its nuclear weapons...
Pentagon seeks $570 billion for 2010 The Pentagon wants an increase of $57 billion in the 2010 budget, a 13.5 percent increase over this year’s $514.3 billion...
Army Leads Contract Dollars My colleague Mike Fabey has a very interesting mid-year look at defense spending. Biggest surprise -- the Army leads in...
Raid Pentagon Spending Or Leverage It? The debate about guns or butter hotted up last week, with Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) calling for an enormous decline in...
Murtha Wins; Wicker May Leave SASC Rep. John Murtha, who looked wobbly for a few days after calling his constituents rednecks and racists, won with 58 percent...
Army Wants Lots of Lightweight MRAPs The Army has requested bids from industry for up to 10,000 lightweight versions of its Mine Resistant Ambush Protected...
Gates to Stay for at Least a Year Update from Colin: Two sources told me they believe Richard Danzig will be named Deputy Defense Secretary. He will choose the...
Taliban Threaten Kabul An Army brigade begins arriving next month in Afghanistan, the vanguard of an anticipated 20,000 troop plus-up in the country...
Coast Guard to Launch Service-Wide Physical Fitness Test for All Members Next Year Coast Guard men and women must take a preliminary assessment by the end of this year and a mandatory PFT starting in 2026.
Immigration Detentions of Military Family Members Spark Lawmaker Probe As stories of military family members being detained by immigration authorities pile up, dozens of Democrats are launching an...
What Effects Could Losing Space Command Have on Colorado’s Growing Aerospace Economy? The aerospace industry has long been a shining star for Colorado’s economy — and now state leaders are worried about the...
Trinidad and Tobago Leader Praises Strike and Says US Should Kill All Drug Traffickers 'Violently' Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, has praised a U.S. strike on a boat suspected of carrying drugs...
Survivors of Maine Mass Shooting and Victims' Relatives Sue US Government Alleging Negligence Survivors of Maine’s deadliest mass shooting and relatives of victims are suing the federal government, alleging that the U.S...