Navy, Marine Corps Plan to Spend More than $250M on Barracks Restoration in 2025 The move comes as military leaders struggle to fund all their priorities after last year's move by Congress to cap the...
The Army Wants Congress to Supercharge its Barracks Budget to Fix Soldiers' Poor Living Conditions The Army is seeking a total of $2.35 billion for barracks in 2025, a major boost from this fiscal year's $1.5 billion budget...
Veterans' Gun Rights Amendment Included in Compromise Must-Pass VA Spending Bill The provision -- a win for Republicans on Capitol Hill -- was included in a bipartisan compromise deal between the House and...
GOP Speaker Johnson Says House Won't Be 'Rushed' to Approve Aid for Ukraine as $95B Package Stalls Republican Speaker Mike Johnson, who rejected a border security compromise that was eventually stripped from the final...
As US Troops Take Fire in Middle East, Lawmakers Consider Billions in New Funding A long-awaited bipartisan Senate agreement to provide funding for the conflicts in Israel and Ukraine in exchange for U.S...
Congress Votes to Avert a Shutdown and Keep the Government Funded Through Early March The House approved the measure by a vote of 314-108, with opposition coming mostly from the more conservative members of the...
The US Failed to Track More Than $1 Billion in Military Gear Given Ukraine, Pentagon Watchdog Says The findings mean that 59% of $1.7 billion in defense gear that the U.S. has provided Ukraine and was directed to guard...
Top White House Budget Official Warns of 'Dire' Situation on Ukraine Aid Shalanda Young, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, stressed that there is no avenue to help Ukraine aside...
Barracks Repairs, Other Military Quality-of-Life Improvements Slam Into Congress' Upcoming Budget Fight Efforts to replace dilapidated housing and improve service members' quality of life could be kneecapped before they can even...
Biden Signs Law Backing Military Pay Increase for 2024. Here's How Much More You’ll Get. Current troops get a big bump in basic pay for the second year in a row in 2024. Veterans receive an above-average increase...
He Served His Country. In Return, His Country Sent Him into Exile. The military relies on noncitizens to fill its ranks. No one is sure how many are later banished from the country they fought...
Investigation Finds Navy Supply Ship Ran Aground After Captain Left to Eat Dinner The Alan Shepard was launched in 2006 and has space for a crew of more than 120, all of whom are typically civilian mariners...
Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops The recommendation from the House Armed Services Committee in its draft version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or...
'It's OK Not to Be OK': Special Operations Wing Orders Stand-Down After Roger Fortson's Police Killing The Air Force special operations wing in Florida where Senior Airman Roger Fortson served before he was shot and killed by...
VA Executives Received $10.8 Million in Improper Bonuses Under PACT Act, Watchdog Finds The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Inspector General found that the VA paid $1 million more in bonuses to senior...