House Passes Budget Deal That Would Boost Defense Spending Caps The House passed a bipartisan budget deal that would provide financial relief to the Defense Department over two years.
After Drawdown, Marines Propose Investments in Aircraft, Training The service's fiscal 2017 budget request would keep the active-duty force at a steady state of 182,000 troops.
Warplanes Top Navy, Marine Corps Wish Lists The Navy and Marine Corps are asking Congress to provide them with more warplanes and weapons systems.
Senators Want to Help Troops with PTSD Appeal Bad Discharges An amendment to make it easier for vets to upgrade "bad paper" discharges resulting from PTSD was offered by a group of...
House Approves 2.1% Troop Pay Raise in 2017 The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a 2.1 percent pay raise next year for troops.
Hiring Freeze May Delay Military Family Seasonal Programs Military family services could see a delay to seasonal services as the DoD feels the squeeze from the federal hiring freeze.
For the Marine Corps, 2018 Will Be the Year of the Combat Vehicle After years of investing heavily in the Osprey and the F-35B JSF, the Marine Corps is ready to modernize its ground vehicles.
Auditors: Military Bands Can't Toot Their Own Horns The Pentagon's 136 music bands can't prove they are meeting their missions, according to a GAO report.
Hagel Docks His Own Pay to Match 14-Day Furlough Defense Secretary Hagel will dock his own pay to show solidarity with civilian personnel facing 14 unpaid days of furlough.
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...