Military's 3.1% Pay Raise Passes Senate as House Prepares to Do Battle Over Iran The $750 billion defense policy bill, including the 3.1% military pay raise, passed the Senate and now moves to the House.
Effort to Repeal Military 'Widow's Tax' Fails in Senate A long-pursued effort to repeal the so-called "widow's tax" failed to make it into the defense policy bill.
Senate Committee's Defense Spending Plan Includes More Money for Amphibs The Senate Armed Services Committee's budget plan would restore some funding for Navy warships that Marines say they need .
Senators Nearly Triple Army Request for Stryker Cannons Army budget officials initially requested $144.4 million for the Stryker "MOD" effort in the base budget.
New Space Force Details Emerge in Senate Spending Plan Lawmakers have decided to keep the Space Force's top uniformed leader from joining the Joint Chiefs for a year.
Senators Seek to Strengthen Oversight of Military Housing Firms The Senate Armed Services Committee wants troops to have more recourse in dealing with their landlords.
Senate Panel Green-Lights More Money for Army Helos, New Auto Rifle The SASAC approved defense spending bill provides dollars for Army helicopters and a weapon to replace the M249.
Lawmakers Again Bid for Gitmo Detainees to Receive Emergency Care in US Lawmakers are once again pushing to authorize the transfer of prisoners to the U.S. for emergency medical care.
Senate Panel Approves $750 Billion Defense Policy Bill The Senate Armed Services Committee overwhelmingly supported a proposed 3.1% military pay raise.
What Is Hidden Deep in the 2019 Defense Bill That Affects You? We explore and explain the provisions hidden deep within the law.
Veterans Could Get Free Gun Safes Under Suicide Prevention Proposal Introduced in House Any veteran who wants a lockbox to store their firearm would be able to get one for free from the Department of Veterans...
Army Delays Bonus Pay for Deployed Soldiers The pay bump was due to begin next Tuesday, but Army officials said that all the details of the bonus had never been sorted...
The Air Force Unveiled an Ambitious Reorganization Plan. Can It Survive a Presidential Election? The Department of the Air Force's ambitious reorganization plan designed to keep the Air Force and Space Force competitive...
VA Employee Charged with Threatening Ordered to Wear GPS Monitor A carpenter at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Manchester, N.H., has been released on conditions he wear...
Keesler Command Chief Sacked After Investigation Ordered by Training Wing Colonel The command chief of the 81st Training Wing at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi was removed from his leadership role...