Army Cutting 500 Majors Starting Next Week The Army will send notices to 500 majors next week that they must leave the service, the outgoing Army vice chief of staff...
Lawmakers Curb Army's Plans to Transfer Apaches from Guard The new defense authorization bill would limit the Army's plans to transfer Apache helicopters from the National Guard.
Air Force Maintains Plans to Retire A-10 in '16 Budget Proposal Air Force leaders have not backed off their push to retire the A-10 in the Pentagon's fiscal 2016 budget request.
Veterans' Groups Clash Over Proposed Changes to Military Benefits Veterans' advocacy groups are clashing with each other over proposed changes to military retirement, health care and other...
Senators Want 'Permanent' Solution to Save A-10 from Retirement Senators say they want to end the annual fight with the Air Force to preserve the A-10 Thunderbolt in the active duty fleet.
Lawmakers Seek to Reverse Cuts to Foreign Language Training A bipartisan group of lawmakers has sent a letter to Ashton Carter asking that DoD restore funding for foreign language...
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...
Caregivers Sue VA over Denial of Benefits Survivors of veterans who died from service-connected conditions have filed a class action seeking changes to a VA practice...
Marine Corps Ranks: A Complete Guide to Enlisted and Officer Ranks Explore U.S. Marine Corps ranks from private to general. Learn rank structure, pay grades, insignia and promotion paths in...
Homeowners Say the Army Corps and its Contractors Mishandled LA Fire Debris Cleanup More than 800 complaints were submitted to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hotline dedicated to the agency's debris removal...
Japan Marks End of World War II as Survivors Remember Wartime Emperor's Surrender Speech 80 Years Ago A national ceremony will begin at Tokyo’s Budokan hall at noon, the same time then-Emperor Hirohito’s 4½-minute prerecorded...
Flights Restricted over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Ahead of Trump-Putin Summit North American Aerospace Defense Command issued a statement saying it would be enforcing Federal Aviation Administration...
