What the GOP Candidates Said About Defense During the First Debate The Republican presidential candidates pitched lofty, if unlikely, proposals for the U.S. military.
Obama Sees Need for More US Icebreakers: Former Coast Guard Commandant The president wants to expand the country's icebreaker fleet for the Arctic, a former commandant of the Coast Guard says.
Budget Proposal Includes Major Retiree Tricare Fee Hikes The new Defense Department budget proposal for 2017 sent today to Congress drastically increases the cost of healthcare for...
Commissary Agency Passes Audit as Lawmakers Seek to Curb Funding The assessment comes despite multiple proposals from some lawmakers and the Defense Department to cut the agency's budget.
Commissary Prices Might Change at Some Stores This Fall: Officials Commissaries could increase prices on some items while also lowering them on others as early as November, officials announced...
Pentagon Reportedly Buried Study Exposing $125 Billion in Waste Senior defense officials suppressed a study documenting administrative waste, fearing Congress would cut the defense budget.
5 Things to Start Your Week Here are five noteworthy news stories and events to start your week, from the editors at Military.com.
Army to Hold Steady on Force Size, Prioritize Missile Defense The Army plans to hold end-strength flat in fiscal 2018 to boost funding for armored forces in Europe and missile defense...
Trump Sets 2018 Military Pay Raise at 2.1% The levels are consistent with the president's federal budget request for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1.
Will Spending Showdown Affect You? Weeks after the year-end "fiscal cliff" showdown, the nation is already facing another high-stakes Washington debate.
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...