Congress Has Plan to Avert Shutdown, But It's About to Make Pentagon Budgeting Even More Complicated Military construction funding would expire earlier than the rest of the Pentagon budget under legislation on track to become...
Pentagon Abortion Policy at Center of Senate Fight Expected to Cost Just $1 Million a Year, Analysis Says The low estimated cost relative to the Pentagon's more than $800 billion budget is unlikely to shift the political debate...
No Protections for Troop Paychecks Yet as Lawmakers Bicker and Shutdown Grows More Likely The uncertainty over troop pay comes as government funding is on track to expire at midnight Saturday.
How a Government Shutdown Impacts Military Family Services Wondering how this whole shutdown business could impact on-base services? Here are the details.
Will Congress Protect Troop Pay if the Government Shuts Down Sunday? For Now, That's Unclear Bills have been introduced in both the House and the Senate that would allow service members, including members of the Coast...
Will a Government Shutdown Affect Your VA Loan? Veterans and other eligible borrowers have had so many questions about how their home loan benefits are affected during a...
Government Shutdown Would Not Affect VA Medical Care and Most Benefits, Secretary Says As a result of advanced funding received from Congress, many VA services would not be affected by a shutdown, but furloughs...
Threat to Troop Paychecks Rises as Congress Fumbles Pentagon Bill and Lurches Toward a Government Shutdown Two times this week, House Republicans tried and failed to advance their fiscal 2024 Pentagon spending bill because of...
Pentagon Says Ukraine Training, Weapons Shipments Will Continue Despite Any Government Shutdown The aid is an "excepted" activity, meaning it is not dependent on lawmakers providing new funding for the Ukraine mission...
How a Government Shutdown Impacts Military Pay, Benefits These are the details from the military on what a government shutdown means for military pay and benefits.
Trump Administration Fires Female Vice Admiral Amid Widening Purge of Military Officers Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield who began her career as a helicopter pilot and was the first woman to be president of the Naval...
Coast Guard Secretary? The Trump Administration Is Planning a Big Redesign of the Service. The complete document of Force Design 2028 has yet to be publicly released, but it calls for a larger workforce...
Everybody Hates You When You Are 23 ... or 43. What Every Veteran Job Seeker Needs to Know In the civilian work world, it seems like everybody hates you when you are 23. If you are a transitioning military member or...
South Dakota Airman Accused of Murdering Native American Woman Could Face Death Penalty Airman Basic Quinterius Charles Chappelle was originally charged with second-degree murder last month after local authorities...
Army Planners Are Weighing Force Reductions of Up to 90,000 Active-Duty Soldiers The Army is quietly considering a sweeping reduction of up to 90,000 active-duty troops, a move that underscores mounting...
![Banner reading: In the event of a Government Shutdown, We Are Open](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-09/ApNewsroom_Spending%20Showdown.JPEG.jpg?itok=3S98eEUw "US Dept. of Veterans Public Affairs Specialist, Ron Bergen posts banners reading: In the event of a Government Shutdown, We Are Open," at the VA Medical Center West Los Angeles Friday, April 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)")
