Pentagon Says Ukraine Training, Weapons Shipments Will Continue Despite Any Government Shutdown The aid is an "excepted" activity, meaning it is not dependent on lawmakers providing new funding for the Ukraine mission...
Leaders of Army, Marine Corps, Joint Chiefs Confirmed by Senate Amid Monthslong Blockade by Tuberville A Senate procedural maneuver by Tuberville this week forced Democrats to retreat from their earlier position -- that...
Democrats Circumvent Tuberville as Senate Moves to Finally Confirm Leaders of Army, Marine Corps, Joint Chiefs While acting chiefs can keep the military running day-to-day, defense officials have argued they are not as effective as...
Posters of Officers Caught in Senator's Promotions Hold Dot Capitol Lawn in Vet Group's Protest VoteVets, a liberal political action committee founded by veterans, and several Democratic senators used the display to...
Odds of Shutdown and Missed Paychecks for Troops Grow Amid Chaos in the House In 2013, when the government shut down for 16 days, lawmakers passed a bill just before the shutdown started to ensure troops...
Navy Top Admiral Nominee Asked About Promotion Holds, Social Issues at Confirmation Hearing The woman who could become the Navy's next top admiral offered new insight into the effects of Sen. Tommy Tuberville's hold...
Deferred Retirements, Unemployed Spouses, Field Officers Working as Generals: Democrats' Memo Details Effects of Tuberville Blocking Military Promotions At least 25 three- and four-star officers were forced to delay retirements to ensure continuity of command due to a...
Air Force Secretary Calls Tuberville's Hold on Military Promotions 'Unprecedented' Tuberville's move has stopped the Pentagon from putting nearly 300 officers into new positions and duty stations, and has...
Air Force Has Most Delayed Promotions from Tuberville Hold as New Vice Chief Nominated An appointment for Lt. Gen. James Slife to be vice chief was received in the Senate as the Air Force shouldered more delayed...
'Unfair Burden': Tuberville Blockade on Promotions Is Stressing Military Families, 3 Service Secretaries Say Tuberville's move has stopped the Pentagon from putting nearly 300 officers into new positions and duty stations, and has...
Fired: Joint Chiefs Chairman, Top Navy Leader, Air Force Vice Chief, Service Judge Advocates General In a historic and unprecedented move, the Trump administration on Friday night fired the Joint Chiefs chairman, the Navy's...
Thousands of Pentagon Civilian Workers Will Be Fired Next Week as Trump Purge Begins The massive round of firings is part of an "initial effort" to cut the Defense Department's civilian workforce by 5% to 8%...
VA Crisis Line Employees Among Those Fired Amid Federal Workforce Purge Of the 1,000 employees fired last week from the Department of Veterans Affairs, some were employees who had worked for the...
What's in Store for VA Disability Benefits with New Office of Management and Budget Chief? New OMB Director Russell Vought has contributed to two conservative playbooks that advocate for the revamping of veterans'...
Fort Moore Was Named After My Parents. A Letter Mom Wrote Shows Why It Shouldn’t Go Back to Benning My Dad was a commander in the Vietnam War. My Mom changed how the military cares for widows.
