McCain Hits Bomb-Sniffing Elephants, NASCAR Ads as Wasteful Spending Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, is slamming federal spending on programs he said are merely wasting taxpayer dollars.
Trump Criticizes McCain in Tweets Defending Yemen Raid President Trump criticized Sen. John McCain in tweets defending the Yemen raid that resulted in the death of a U.S. Navy SEAL...
'The Vietnam War' 18-Hour PBS Series to Begin Airing Sunday "The Vietnam War," a 10-part, 18-hour series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, will begin airing on PBS Sunday night.
McCain Pushes Karzai on New US Troop Deal Afghan President Hamid Karzai risked losing the war to the Taliban through repeated delays in signing an agreement to keep U...
Despite McRaven Op-Ed, Senators Defend Opposing Losey's Promotion Senators had a list of reasons to deny promotion to Rear Adm. Brian Losey despite McRaven's charge that they had an "agenda."
The Most Talked About Stories This Week on Military.com Here are the stories generating the most comments this week on Military.com, along with a sampling of responses.
CNO Takes Blame for Deadly Destroyer Collisions: 'I Own This' The chief of naval operations blamed a failure of command for deadly collisions aboard the destroyers Fitzgerald and McCain.
Air Force Presses to Continue Iraqi Pilot Training in US Iraqi pilots flying F-16s carried out their first airstrike in Syria against ISIS targets, in response to Baghdad car...
McCain Slams Americans Who Dodged Vietnam Draft with 'Bone Spur' Sen. John McCain appeared to take a swipe at President Trump in an interview about Americans avoiding the draft during...
Groups Oppose Plan to Steer More Vets to Private Health Care Providers Veterans organizations said that McCain's Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2016 t threatens the VA's mission of integrated care.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...