VA Seeks to Reallocate Choice Act Funds in $169B Budget Proposal The Veterans Affairs Department would be funded to nearly $169 billion next year under the budget proposed by the White House...
Special Operations Leaders Voice Sequestration Concerns Challenges caused by limited resources, fiscal uncertainty and the changing nature of threats have forced the military's...
House Wants to Cut Army’s M9 Replacement Money The Army's effort to replace its M9 9mm pistol with a new Modular Handgun System may be facing a hurdle now that lawmakers...
Lawmaker: Congress Receptive to New Round of Military Base Closures The ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee opened the door to shuttering unused military bases and...
Pentagon Can Only Hope to Keep Paying Troops, Carter Says Defense Secretary Ashton Carter says he wants to keep paying the troops but can only offer hope on a budget resolution.
Navy Budget Confirms Plans to Cut Purchases of Littoral Combat Ships The U.S. Navy plans to reduce its Littoral Combat Ship buy from 52 to 40 vessels over the next five years, according to the...
Mabus Details Plans to Locate Seabasing Ships Near Japan, South Korea Two of the U.S. Navy's newest seabasing platforms will be located near Japan and South Korea, the secretary of the Navy...
Advocates Rally to Stop Senate Plan to Cut Military Housing Allowance The plan would cover only what is actually paid in rent and make two or more troops occupying the same housing split the...
Marines Get More Troops, Keep Generals in Defense Budget The Marine Corps will get funding for 3,000 additional troops in the compromise version of the fiscal 2017 defense budget.
The Most Talked About Stories This Week on Military.com Here are the stories generating the most comments this week on Military.com, along with a sampling of responses.
Walks on the Mall, Shake Shack Burgers and a Car Crash: Scenes from the Guard's Deployment in DC What started as an 800-troop mission for the D.C. National Guard has ballooned to more than 2,000 troops as Republican...
Former Space Force Sergeant Fatally Shot Teen in 'Vigilante Violence,' Colorado Officials Say Orest Schur received a 54-year prison sentence after a jury in June found him guilty of second-degree murder and attempted...
Airman Killed in Off-Base AK-47 Shooting Near F.E. Warren Air Force Base Identified An airman stationed at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, who died after being shot by an AK-47 fired through the wall of an off...
VA Processes Record-Breaking Number of Disability Claims This Year, with 62% Approval Rate The department has made changes in the past several years designed to process disability compensation claims faster and...
Air Force Chief's Sudden Retirement Raises Question of 'Who Is Next' in Leadership Shake-Up Policy experts told Military.com that the departure raises alarm amid other leadership changes within the Department of the...