Army Plans to Cut 40,000 Soldiers and Shrink Force to 450,000 by 2017 The Army confirmed Tuesday a force reduction plan to cut 40,000 troops and reduce to a strength of 450,000 by 2017.
Lawmakers Agree to Boost Tricare Pharmacy Co-Pays in 2016 Defense Bill Lawmakers agreed to increase pharmacy co-pays that largely affect military retirees.
Pentagon to Add Funding for F-35 Fighter Jets, Combined Arms Training Funding for the Marine Corps' new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the F/A-18 Hornet will get a boost next year, Defense...
Air Force Secretary to Lawmakers: Let Us Close Bases Deborah Lee James said infrastructure improvements across too many bases are forcing the AF to put money where it's not...
House Panel Seeks to Increase Army Ranks by 45,000 Soldiers The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee has introduced a bill that would increase the U.S. Army by 45K soldiers.
Congress May Not Require Women to Register for Draft Congress appears to favor another study commission rather than taking a vote on the issue of having women register for the...
Service Leaders Divided on Closing Bases to Cut Costs The Army is adamant: It needs to close bases to save money, and it needs to do it now. The Air Force may also be open to the...
Conservative Group Calls for Curbing Troops' Housing Allowances A conservative think tank is calling for reducing the cost of troop housing allowances as part of the fiscal 2018 budget.
Mattis: Lawmakers in Congress Have Let Troops Down Defense Secretary Jim Mattis ripped Congress Monday for letting sequestration budget caps continue.
Panetta Hits Sequestration Cuts at House Hearing Members of the House Armed Services and Veterans Affairs committees found their own opposition to sequestration cuts echoed...
Airman Accused of Firing AK-47 Through Apartment Wall in Latest Gun Death Near Wyoming Base The weekend arrest and firearm death come just weeks after a Security Forces airman was killed by an M18 handgun on base...
Navy Is Retiring the Last of its Storied Cruisers. To Veterans, They Were ‘the Pinnacle of Naval Power’ As the Navy nears its 250th anniversary in October, there's a lot of reminiscing going on about the fleet. Much of it...
Cancer in Military Pilots and Aircrews Will Be Studied Under Newly Signed Law President Donald Trump signed a law last week ordering the review of the prevalence of cancer and deaths by cancer in fixed...
AI Is About to Radically Alter Military Command Structures that Haven’t Changed Much Since Napoleon’s Army AI agents -- autonomous, goal-oriented software powered by large language models -- can automate routine staff tasks...
40 Years of Nebraska Vietnam Veterans Reunions. Now, a Final 'Taps' In a pesky drizzle, a handful of people recently set out 400 small American flags on an empty lot in memory of the 400...
![Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James speaks to attendees at the Center for a New American Security's, "Women and Leadership in National Security," in Washington, D.C., March 4, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/media/news/people/2015/03/deborah-lee-james-gives-speech.jpg?itok=fslIVTGy "Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James speaks to attendees at the Center for a New American Security's, "Women and Leadership in National Security," in Washington, D.C., March 4, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)")
![An AN/MLQ-34 "TACJAM" Countermeasure Set being is moved from Fort Monmouth, N.J., to a museum in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., July 14, 2011. (Courtesy photo Army.mil)](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/media/news/service/2017/02/brac-tacjam-1500.jpg?itok=poENsB4Q "An AN/MLQ-34 "TACJAM" Countermeasure Set being is moved from Fort Monmouth, N.J., to a museum in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., July 14, 2011. (Courtesy photo Army.mil)")
