House Panel Protects A-10, Pulls BRAC from Budget The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday added $104 billion to the proposed defense budget for 2015.
Costs of Campaign Against Islamic State Near $1 Billion The costs of the U.S. campaign against the Islamic State are approaching $1 billion as the pace of the airstrikes increase.
Pentagon Tells Congress to Stop Buying Equipment it Doesn't Need Lawmakers want the U.S. military's service chiefs to have more power to prevent the Pentagon from buying weapons it doesn't...
VFW Says Ending Sequestration is Top 2016 Priority The VFW will be lobbying to end sequestration this week when its leadership appears with Congress.
House Pushes for Missile Defense Improvements to Counter Russia The House Armed Service's Strategic Forces subcommittee said that Russia's acts of aggression have increased the urgency in...
Pentagon Says It Needs $270 Billion to Upgrade Nuclear Arsenal The U.S. will need to spend as much as $18 billion per year starting in 2021 in order to maintain a viable nuclear deterrence...
Study: Increase Some Commissary Prices and Reduce Employee Wages Military commissaries should increase some prices, carry a private-label brand and lower wages, according to a report.
White House May Backtrack on Defense Budget Deal: Thornberry Rep. Mac Thornberry is concerned the White House will renege on the recent federal budget deal and reduce planned levels of...
DoD Tricare 'Reforms' Call For Higher Retiree Fees, Co-Pays The TRICARE reform packet, Defense officials maintain, would simplify insurance options, improve access to managed care.
2.1% Pay Raise, More Troops, Commissary Changes in Draft Defense Bill Troops would receive a 2.1 percent pay raise in 2017 under a plan released by House lawmakers this week.
Air Force Announces Arrest Related to Firearm Death of Airman That Prompted M18 Probe The news marks a major development in the ongoing investigation into the circumstances behind Lovan's death and the scrutiny...
The Little-Known Role of Jimmy Doolittle in Nagasaki Atomic Bombing Lt. Col. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle famously led the first U.S. strike against the Japanese homeland during World War II, and...
‘No Purging on My Ship.’ She Hid an Eating Disorder and Lost Her Navy Career. It Saved Her Life Advocates worry the military’s focus on ‘fit, not fat’ is silencing service members who struggle with their body image.
Air Force Academy Details Thin on Faculty Plans After Civilian Resignations As classes resume at the Air Force Academy for the fall semester, U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank asked the superintendent for a clear...
Army Veteran Suspected of Killing 4 People at a Montana Bar Is in Custody, Authorities Say Michael Paul Brown, who lived next door to The Owl Bar in Anaconda, served in the Army as an armor crewman from 2001 to 2005...
