Rebecca Kheel

Rebecca Kheel is a congressional reporter for Military.com. She previously worked as a defense reporter for The Hill, covering all things defense from the view at the Capitol, including negotiations over annual defense authorization and appropriations bills, fights about the foreign policy crisis of the day and more.

Prior to coming to D.C., she was a local reporter at the Orange County Register in California, writing about everything from disputes over new housing developments to the latest theme park ride openings.

She has a bachelor’s degree in newspaper journalism and history from Syracuse University.

Email: rebecca.kheel@military.com

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President Joe Biden awards the Medal of Honor to retired Maj. John Duffy

50 Years Later, Four Vietnam Vets Awarded Medals of Honor in White House Ceremony

Biden said the medals were about "setting the record straight" and giving the Army veterans the level of recognition they...

A U.S. Status of Forces Agreement personnel holds the U.S. flag during a naturalization ceremony hosted at the Camp Foster Community Center on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 18, 2022.

16 Deported Vets, Family Members Temporarily Allowed Back Into US in the Last Year, DHS Says

Sixteen immigrant veterans and service members' relatives who were deported have been allowed back into the United States...

Capitol Hill stock photo taken in Washington D.C.

Inflation Bonuses for Troops Make it into Sweeping Defense Bill

Bonuses to help low-paid service members cope with rising consumer prices are a step closer to reality.

Senior leaders from US Army Alaska travel on snowshoes.

Congress Eyes Extra Pay to Counter Wave of Suicides in Alaska and on Ships in the Yard

The latest NDAA would provide new $200 monthly stipends to sailors on ships undergoing nuclear refueling and $300 stipends to...

U.S. Marine recruits in formation at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.

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.

A drill instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., teaches Marine Corps Drill to female poolees, women currently enrolled in the Marine Corps’ Delayed Entry Program. (Sgt. Richard Blumenstein/Marine Corps)

Troops at Some Bases to See Abortion Access Sharply Curtailed or Eliminated After the Fall of Roe

Service members in Texas, Oklahoma and other states may be unable to have an abortion near their installations or face legal...

U.S. Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli, Europe and Africa commanding general.

New Leader of US Forces in Europe Confirmed Amid Raging War in Ukraine

The Senate confirmed Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli to become the new head of U.S. European Command, or EUCOM.

Nasirullah Mohammadi with a certification of appreciation.

10 Months Later, Afghan Refugees Labor to Build New Lives in US

Nasirullah Mohammadi is one of the 76,000 Afghans who were lucky enough to get on a U.S. military flight out of Kabul in...

Troops Making Less than $45,000 Would Get 'Inflation Bonus' Under House Proposal

The proposed bonus of 2.4% was floated by Rep. Jared Golden as part of a proposed amendment to the $802 billion annual...

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand speaks during a news conference.

Sweeping Military Justice Reforms Get New Life in Annual Defense Bill

Changes to the military justice system that got cut from last year's defense policy bill have been revived in the version of...

Senate Panel Adds Billions to Defense Budget But the Extra Money Wouldn’t Go to Troop Pay Raises

A Senate panel has agreed to supersize President Biden’s defense budget request, but that money would not go toward a beefed...

A soldier deposits funds into a safe in a finance office, Nov. 4, 2013, at Bagram Air Field, Parwan province, Afghanistan. (U.S. Army/Sgt. Sinthia Rosario)

Supercharging Military Pay Raises Because of Inflation Being Weighed in Congress

With inflation hovering as high as 8.3%, lawmakers are signaling they expect to wrangle over a bigger raise for troops.

A Marine watches over a burn pit at Camp Fallujah, Iraq as smoke and flames rise into the night sky, May 25, 2007. (U.S. Marine Corps photo/Samuel D. Corum)

Sweeping Toxic Exposure Bill Nears Finish Line After Senate Passage

The Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our PACT Act would extend benefits to an estimated 3.5 million vets exposed...

Monitoring PFAs, also known as "forever chemicals."

'Forever Chemicals' Linked to Hundreds of Military Bases Are Unsafe at Any Level, EPA Warns

The warning ramps up the urgency of the potential widespread contamination the Pentagon is grappling with at 700 active bases...

U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, Chairman of the House Armed Service Committee

'We've Been Too Cautious': Key Lawmaker Backs Giving Ukraine Armed Drones

Earlier this month, the Biden administration announced it was sending Ukraine medium-range rocket systems known as High...

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