Sequestration Casts Shadow on Shrinking, Aging Air Force Fleet Today's Air Force is not only smaller, but its diminutive fleet is older than it has ever been, the service's chief of staff...
Greenert: Sequestration Threatens Readiness, Modernization Sequestration and the continuing funding resolution have degraded the Navy’s readiness and capabilities.
House Boosts Funds for Nuclear Submarines, Super Hornets and Amphibs Congress added funds to a range of programs including F-18s and nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines.
Navy Launches New Affordability Plan for Ford-Class Carriers The Navy plans to invest $25M a year beginning in 2017 in techniques to lower the cost of building its Ford-class carriers.
House Readies Emergency Bill to Continue Paying Troops During Shutdown The house is preparing contingencies to make sure that the troops continue to get paid in the event that negotiations break...
Rebuilding the Navy Emerging as Election Issue, Lawmaker Says Four years ago during the final debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney, Obama famously laughed off Romney's...
Partner Forces Closing in on Raqqa and Mosul: Carter Raqqa in Syria and Mosul in Iraq -- the two main ISIS strongholds -- are under increasing pressure from U.S.-backed forces...
House Defense Bill Would Fund 3,000 Additional Marines The Marine Corps could enjoy its first plus-up of troops in several years if a provision in the new defense budget bill...
Army Officials Warn Child Programs May Receive Cuts Army families who use some child and youth services programs may see higher fees or cuts in the coming months, officials said...
Corps Wants 12K More Marines to Boost Cyber, Info Ops, ISR The Marine Corps is asking Congress for its biggest force increase in nearly a decade.
Harvard to Offer Full Rides to 50 Veterans and Civil Servants for Master's Degrees in Public Policy The $100,000 fellowships are being offered at a time when the school has come under attack from President Donald Trump, who...
Fort Hood Senior Noncommissioned Officer Arrested a Second Time on Child Sex Assault Charges Sgt. Maj. Victor Manuel Rivera was arrested on June 18 and released on a $90,000 bond on June 30. He is facing a first-degree...
Trump Taps Air Force and Space Force Generals as Next Service Vice Chiefs Nominations were put in front of the Senate for Space Force Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton and Air Force Gen. Thomas Bussiere to...
The New VA Budget Pushes to Privatize Care, Risking the Veterans Health System "We are watching the slow dismantling of the VA from the inside out, buried in a budget document. If left unchecked, this...
21-Year-Old Soldier Hacked Databases, Threatened to Leak Stolen Data, Feds Say John Wagenius was stationed at Fort Cavazo and at a U.S. Army base in South Korea throughout the scheme between April 2023...