Lawmakers Look to Make Military Housing More Livable with Annual Defense Bill The requirement is one of several provisions included in the Senate committee's National Defense Authorization Act aimed at...
Lawmakers Advance Bill to Let Disabled Vets Collect Full Benefits, But Hurdles to Passage Remain The HASC approved the Major Richard Star Act, which would ensure service members who medically retire before 20 years have...
Tuberville Offered Vote in Senate But Still Won't Drop Hold on Military Promotions A Senate committee will debate a bill to roll back the Pentagon's abortion policy, but the senator who has blocked hundreds...
Senators Seeks More Safeguards in JROTC Program After Reports of Sexual Abuse The bill, dubbed the JROTC Safety Act, comes after reports that instructors engaged in widespread sexual misconduct against...
Lawmakers Pressure Air Force to Finally Make Space Command HQ Basing Decision Lawmakers are dialing up pressure on the Air Force to make a final decision about the permanent home for U.S. Space Command.
Biggest Troop Pay Raise in 2 Decades on Track in House Defense Bill Service members would get a 5.2% pay raise next year under the House Armed Services Committee's draft of the annual defense...
House Defense Bill Expected to Expand Food Allowance for Needy Troops The House's draft version of the bill, set for release later this month, is expected to include legislation that would allow...
Afghan Allies Would Get More Visas, More Time to Apply Under Proposal by Senators A new bill seeks to bring stability to the visa program for Afghans who helped U.S. troops by nearly doubling the number of...
Veteran High-Tech Job Training Program Could Be Renewed for 5 Years The House on voted 409-9 to approve a bill that would extend the Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses...
Bill Guaranteeing Cost-of-Living Increase for Veterans in 2024 Heads to President's Desk The annual task in Congress ensures that VA compensation keeps pace with Social Security increases.
Caregivers Sue VA over Denial of Benefits Survivors of veterans who died from service-connected conditions have filed a class action seeking changes to a VA practice...
Marine Corps Ranks: A Complete Guide to Enlisted and Officer Ranks Explore U.S. Marine Corps ranks from private to general. Learn rank structure, pay grades, insignia and promotion paths in...
Homeowners Say the Army Corps and its Contractors Mishandled LA Fire Debris Cleanup More than 800 complaints were submitted to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hotline dedicated to the agency's debris removal...
Japan Marks End of World War II as Survivors Remember Wartime Emperor's Surrender Speech 80 Years Ago A national ceremony will begin at Tokyo’s Budokan hall at noon, the same time then-Emperor Hirohito’s 4½-minute prerecorded...
Flights Restricted over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Ahead of Trump-Putin Summit North American Aerospace Defense Command issued a statement saying it would be enforcing Federal Aviation Administration...
