Ban on Base Slot Machines Among Proposals Floated for Annual Must-Pass Defense Bill Rep. Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., has filed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, that would prohibit the...
A Suicidal Veteran Texted the VA Crisis Line. A Responder Didn't Send Help, and Minutes Later the Veteran Was Dead. A Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General investigation released last week found numerous problems with the hotline's...
After Easing Veterans' Access to Guns, House Republicans Vote to Tie VA's Hands Further in New Spending Bill The Department of Veterans Affairs would not be able to send names of veterans who have had financial managers appointed for...
VA Secretary Asked to Resign by Former Navy SEAL Lawmaker in Wake of Executive Bonus Scandal Former Navy SEAL and Wisconsin Republican Derrick Van Orden made the first call for VA Secretary Denis McDonough to step down...
Money for 19.5% Pay Hike for Junior Enlisted Troops Included in House's Defense Spending Bill Funding to support a 19.5% pay raise for junior enlisted troops is included in the House's initial version of the annual...
No Retirement Required: How JROTC Aims to Combat an Instructor Shortage The program has hundreds of vacancies, but Congress has set a new policy reducing the number of years of service needed by...
White House Threatens to Veto VA, Military Construction Spending Bill over GOP Policies The White House is threatening to veto the annual Department of Veterans Affairs and military construction funding bill over...
Watchdog Investigation of Pentagon Traumatic Brain Injury Efforts Requested by 22 Lawmakers A large, bipartisan group of lawmakers say they have concerns over how the Pentagon is tracking traumatic brain injuries...
Key Republican Calls for 'Generational' Increase in Defense Spending to Counter US Adversaries The top-ranking Republican on a Senate committee that oversees the military is calling for a “generational investment” in...
The VA and DoD Don't Have a Funding Problem. They Have a Mismanagement Crisis. The $328.1 billion 2024 budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs is the largest in agency history. President Joe Biden's...
Army Offers $15,000 Reward for Info on Missing Guns and Other Gear at Fort Moore Army investigators are still searching for 31 M17 pistols that disappeared from Fort Moore, Georgia, earlier this year, but...
The Best Amazon Black Friday Week 2024 Deals for Service Members, Veterans and Their Families America’s favorite shopping holiday isn’t just a single day, or even a weekend, anymore. Here’s how U.S. service members...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
Police Report Sheds New Light on Pentagon Nominee Hegseth's Sexual Encounter that Led to Assault Allegation Pete Hegseth, who is tapped to lead the military and the nation's largest federal bureaucracy, has vehemently denied the...
Steel Company Tied to Deadly Air Force Osprey Crash Faced Defective Parts Lawsuit in 2001 Military officials have refused to say whether they're still working with a company responsible for making the gear that...