Climate Change, Extremism Among Military Threats Targeted in DoD Budget Request The Biden administration is addressing extremism in the ranks, as well as climate change, in its first proposed Defense...
Marine Corps Invests in Drone Truck-Based Ship-Killer Missile as it Ditches Some MRAPs The White House budget request for fiscal 2022 totals $47.86 billion for the Marine Corps, up from $45.1 billion last year.
Navy Will Get Air Force F-16 Fighter Jets to Fill Super Hornet Gap The U.S. Navy is preparing to receive F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets from the Air Force as it moves to rid its inventory...
Air Force Will See Substantial Cuts to Aircraft Fleets in Biden's First Budget The U.S. Air Force wants to ditch more than 200 planes across its fighter, tanker, mobility, attack and drone fleets.
Navy Speeds Up Ship Retirements as It Ramps Up Investment in New Platforms While the Navy's most recent plan included plans to decommission 48 active ships by 2026, the new budget request speeds up...
Troops Would See 2.7% Pay Raise Under Proposed DoD Budget The proposed budget would also provide an average 3.1% increase in troops' basic allowance for housing payments.
Space Force Is the Only Military Service Set to Grow Under Biden's Budget Plan The fledgling Space Force would grow from 6,434 Guardians in fiscal 2021 to about 8,400 next year.
Army Grunts May Get More Guns, But Less Ammo Next Year The Army is seeking a big boost in new weapons for combat-arms units in its 2022 budget request.
'At What Point Does VA Become Adequately Funded?' Republicans Question Record Budget Request In 2000, the Department of Veterans Affairs' budget was $47 billion; this year, it is $240 billion.
Air Force Tells Congress It Needs Major Funding for Military Construction Backlog Brig. Gen. William Kale said the service has built databases to track facility conditions and is implementing a plan...
Naval Academy Superintendent, First Woman in Post, Replaced Early by Marine General Lt. Gen. Michael Borgschulte, who currently oversees the Marine Corps' personnel directorate, has been nominated to replace...
National Guard Officer's Promotion Stalled by California Senator Protesting LA Military Deployment A hold cannot prevent a nominee from being confirmed, but it means the Senate cannot use the expedited procedures it normally...
As Corps Gets Stretched Thin by Mounting Missions, Top Enlisted Leader Focused on Basics for Marines Sgt. Maj. Carlos Ruiz has been vocal about a multibillion-dollar barracks effort meant to fix disintegrating housing, as well...
Additional Military Bases in New Jersey, Indiana Set to Host Migrant Detention Camps Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, colloquially referred to as "Fort Dix," in New Jersey and Camp Atterbury in Indiana, both...
Fort Carson Soldier Accused of Kidnapping, Sexual Assault in Colorado Springs Records given to The Gazette by Fort Carson officials show Meade is a mechanic in the 4th Infantry Division for their...