VA Boosts Budget to Tackle Outstanding Healthcare Claims from Vets The Veterans Affairs Department is requesting a budget of $182 billion next year, a nearly $20 billion funding increase...
F-35 Cost May Drop to $85 Million by 2019 The Pentagon's fifth-gen fighter program is on course to realize significant savings in coming years, the program manager...
Petraeus Argues Military Readiness Crisis Is a 'Myth' The readiness gap cited by the service chiefs and Donald Trump is largely a myth, according to retired Army Gen. David...
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Air Force Requests 4K More Airmen, 46 F-35s, No Bonus Changes The Air Force wants to add 4,000 airmen, buy 46 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and keep bonuses relatively unchanged despite a...
Vets Benefits, Military Pay Would Likely Continue in Shutdown Veterans benefits and military pay almost certainly would be protected in the event of a government shutdown next month.
Obama Asks Hill to Extend Sequestration Deadline Obama said Republican and Democrat leaders needed more time to "keep chipping away at this problem."
Casey: Sequester Poses Challenge to Army Leaders The Army has no choice but to look at sequestration as a chance to make the spending cuts now that were inevitably coming...
Service Secretaries Donate Pay to Show Solidarity The service secretaries made a donation of 5 percent of their pay to show support for the civilians that work for them.
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...
Hegseth Cancels Massive Contract for Military Family Moves, Pledges Fixes The company, HomeSafe Alliance, had been struggling to manage the U.S. military's domestic moves this year.
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...