Shutdown Ends, But Defense Budgets Still Squeezed With the government shutdown ended, Reserve and National Guard members can resume weekend drills.
Stateside Commissary Closure Plan Angers Patrons "You cannot have true troop readiness if active duty parents think their children could go to bed hungry."
Commissaries to Run as Business, Not Benefit Hagel and his advisers have embraced the concept that base grocery stores should operate as a business and not a benefit.
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.
'Consolidated' TRICARE: Higher Fees, More Freedom TRICARE Prime would cease to exist within a few years under the "Consolidated TRICARE" plan proposed in the 2015 budget.
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.
A Veteran Was Detained by Marines. It Highlights Concerns over the Military's Growing Ties to Law Enforcement. Marcos Leao's detention by Marines marks what many legal, defense and policy experts say is an unprecedented violation of the...
VA Changes Discrimination Policy for Health Care Staff, Denies Doctors Could Withhold Treatment The department said the change was made in order to comply with executive orders and the updates would "have no impact...
Trump Says He'll Decide Whether US Will Directly Attack Iran Within 2 Weeks Trump has been weighing whether to attack Iran by striking its well-defended Fordo uranium enrichment facility, which is...
China Sends Scores of Planes Across Central Line in Taiwan Strait China sent 74 warplanes toward Taiwan, 61 of which crossed the central line in the Taiwan Strait that unofficially divides...
A Navy Veteran Is Determined to Find His Own Way Through PTSD—Without VA Each appointment with VA was another nail sealing the coffin shut, suffocating any hope that they could help me.