Readiness Worries Deepened by Hill Ineptitude on Budgets It’s a wasteful misstep caused again by bitter partisanship, weak leaders and alarming apathy over the harm being done to...
Mortgage Help for Wounded Warriors A new agreement could mean that wounded warriors will not face foreclosure or have their credit blemished if they fall behind...
False Rumors of New Retiree Tax There is NO “new” tax on military retirement. The increase is the result of the new IRS tax withholding tables which changed...
Military Pay Held Hostage DoD has been saying that military pay will likely be put on hold if the federal government shuts down; now the White House...
Plan to Freeze GI Bill Stipends Dropped The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee’s plan to freeze Post-9/11 GI Bill housing stipend rates for two years has been dropped...
Webb Celebrates Post-9/11 GI Bill Anniversary On the third anniversary of the signing of the Post-9/11 GI Bill Sen. Jim Webb pointed out that the Post-9/11 GI Bill helped...
College Credit for Military Service Most military servicemembers and veterans have been told that they can be granted college credit for military service...
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...
