Visa Program for Afghans Who Helped US Military in Danger of Lapsing After Exclusion from Defense Bill If the program isn't extended in a different bill, Afghans won't be able to apply for the visas after the program expires Dec...
Inflation Bonuses Cut from Defense Bill, But Other Allowances Boosted Some of the lowest-paid service members will not get a special bonus to help cope with inflation under a compromise defense...
Fight over Allowing Part-Time Guardians or Creating a Space Force Guard Punted Congress is asking for the Space Force to research the idea of allowing Guardians to serve part-time on active duty in the...
Military Justice Reforms at Finish Line After Decade-Long Fight Changes to the military justice system intended to combat sexual assault that got cut from last year's defense policy bill...
Group of GOP Senators Demand a Vote to End Vaccine Mandate, or They'll Try to Block Defense Bill The letter was signed by 13 Republican senators, but Sen. Rand Paul said about 20 senators have committed to supporting the...
Senate Trying to Block Military Transfers Based on Potentially Discriminatory State Laws The military would be barred from considering state laws in deciding where to station service members under an amendment...
House Approves Higher Inflation Bonuses as Sweeping Defense Bill Advances The Pentagon would have the ability to give low-paid service members inflation bonuses as high as economic conditions warrant...
Pay Bumps to Counter Suicides in Alaska and on Ships in Yard 'Unnecessary,' According to White House The proposals for Arctic pay and complex overhaul pay were spurred by waves of suicides among service members in Alaska and...
Requirement for Women to Register for the Draft Back on the Table in Annual Defense Bill The proposal is back in the version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, making its way through the Senate.
Army's New Fitness Test Might Change Again as Congress Looks to Switch Standards An amendment in the NDAA would direct the Army to establish fitness standards for troops in combat roles that would be higher...
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...