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...
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...
