Chairman Says Congress Wary of Military Pay and Benefit Cuts The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said he was concerned that changes to pay and benefits could force...
Pentagon's Budget Proposal Increases Costs to Families A series of changes proposed in the president's annual budget plan looks to drastically change Tricare, increase health care...
101st Returns Home From Liberia and Ebola Mission The U.S. will keep a small number of troops in Liberia as a precaution against another surge in the Ebola virus following the...
Anthrax Scandal Widens: Live Spores Sent to Japan The Pentagon added Camp Zama in Japan to the list of places that were sent live anthrax samples in the scandal over the...
White House to Let Researchers Study Medical Marijuana for PTSD The White House has lifted an obstacle long standing in the way of studies into the use of pot to treat PTSD and other...
US Army's Mistaken Anthrax Shipment Fiasco Keeps Growing The Pentagon added again to the list of facilities that received live anthrax from the Army – the new total is now 85 in 20...
US Army Shipped Same Virulent Anthrax Strain Used After 9/11 Attacks The DoD said Anthrax mistakenly shipped to labs around the world was from the same strain used after the Sept. 11, 2001...
Pentagon Awards $9 Billion Contract for Electronic Health Records The U.S. Defense Department awarded one of the biggest health information-technology contracts in history to Leidos Inc.
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...
