House Panel Protects A-10, Pulls BRAC from Budget The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday added $104 billion to the proposed defense budget for 2015.
Costs of Campaign Against Islamic State Near $1 Billion The costs of the U.S. campaign against the Islamic State are approaching $1 billion as the pace of the airstrikes increase.
Pentagon Tells Congress to Stop Buying Equipment it Doesn't Need Lawmakers want the U.S. military's service chiefs to have more power to prevent the Pentagon from buying weapons it doesn't...
VFW Says Ending Sequestration is Top 2016 Priority The VFW will be lobbying to end sequestration this week when its leadership appears with Congress.
House Pushes for Missile Defense Improvements to Counter Russia The House Armed Service's Strategic Forces subcommittee said that Russia's acts of aggression have increased the urgency in...
Pentagon Says It Needs $270 Billion to Upgrade Nuclear Arsenal The U.S. will need to spend as much as $18 billion per year starting in 2021 in order to maintain a viable nuclear deterrence...
Study: Increase Some Commissary Prices and Reduce Employee Wages Military commissaries should increase some prices, carry a private-label brand and lower wages, according to a report.
White House May Backtrack on Defense Budget Deal: Thornberry Rep. Mac Thornberry is concerned the White House will renege on the recent federal budget deal and reduce planned levels of...
DoD Tricare 'Reforms' Call For Higher Retiree Fees, Co-Pays The TRICARE reform packet, Defense officials maintain, would simplify insurance options, improve access to managed care.
2.1% Pay Raise, More Troops, Commissary Changes in Draft Defense Bill Troops would receive a 2.1 percent pay raise in 2017 under a plan released by House lawmakers this week.
Trump Reportedly Weighs Immediate Discharge of All Transgender Troops. Here's What That Would Mean. The proposed plan, as first reported by the Times of London, would entail signing an order within days of Trump taking office...
The Best Amazon Black Friday Week 2024 Deals for Service Members, Veterans and Their Families America’s favorite shopping holiday isn’t just a single day, or even a weekend, anymore. Here’s how U.S. service members...
Overseas Troops to See Fewer Sweets, More Sweet Potatoes on Their Holiday Tables This Year For some unexplained reason, the Defense Logistics Agency is shipping 800% more sweet potatoes overseas than it did last...
For Soldiers at Fort Carson, Food Is Scarce As Americans gather for Thanksgiving feasts, soldiers at Fort Carson, Colorado, are contending with a far less festive...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
