Furloughs to Hit DoD and TRICARE Prime Update Most of the 800,000 DoD employees will likely see workweeks shortened and pay cut by 20% from April through September.
Congress Moves to Restart Military Tuition Aid The Army, Air Force, Marine Corps will be forced to reopen their tuition assistance programs under a late-hour Senate...
Hagel: It Was Furlough or Deepen Readiness Crisis Defense Secretary Hagel ordered the furlough of civilian employees to avoid taking deeper cuts in training, he said.
Why Blame Republicans for the Shutdown? Without a CR that the Senate would agree to, and that President Obama would sign, the government, as expected, shut down....
Antics of Our Lawmakers No Longer Tolerable Why are we, the voting citizens of this country, still tolerating the antics, egos and arrogant self-interest?
Sequester Damage Detailed; E-Health Goal Slips Defense Secretary Hagel gave a preview of how round two of sequestration could deepen damage to readiness.
Hale: Military Force-Outs, Civilian 'RIFs' Likely Keeping the military combat ready during budget chaos requires an accelerated force drawdown, DoD's chief financial officer...
Army Must Shed 6 BCTs to Meet Proposed Budget Cuts DoD's fiscal 2015 budget proposal will cost the Army another six combat units, shrinking the active force to 28 BCTs by 2019.
Survey: Nine in 10 Troops Oppose Cuts to Pay, BAH About nine in 10 active-duty troops oppose DoD proposals to reduce their pay raises and basic allowances for housing.
Coast Guard Reservist Wins Landmark Supreme Court Case Over Pay Disparities for Federal Workers In a 5-4 decision, the justices said Nick Feliciano, a Coast Guard petty officer who was called to active duty from 2012 to...
Senators Voice 'Deep Concerns' About Trump's Pick for Air Force Under Secretary Democratic senators voiced serious concerns about a former Former Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier's political social media posts...
'This Is Going to Be a Challenge': Service Officials Detail Fallout from Civilian Resignations Pushed by Trump The military services are poised to lose thousands of their civilian employees to the Trump administration's push for them to...
New England Patriots' Charter Plane Flies to Guantanamo Bay A New England Patriots plane made a trip to and from Guantánamo Bay, public flight tracking data shows.
Trump & Co’s Polygraph Pandemonium "Multiple studies over the years have shown not only that polygraphs are hardly foolproof when it comes to vetting ...