Republican Hardliners Again Deliver Defeat to Defense Spending Bill, as Shutdown Looms House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's latest attempt to move ahead with a defense funding bill as a first step toward keeping the...
Republican Bill with Massive Boost to Junior Enlisted Pay Sparks Veto Threat from Biden The White House is taking issue with a House Republican proposal to give junior enlisted troops a more than 30% pay bump next...
Army Sparks Outrage with Delay of 'Brandon Act' Implementation More than two months late in implementing a policy that would give soldiers quicker access to a mental health screening, the...
PACT Act: Presumptive Conditions The PACT Act presumes a service connection for myriad conditions related to toxic exposures from burn pits; contaminated...
Bill Would Allow Past Airmen with Space Experience to Become 'Legacy Guardians' The legislation allows the Department of the Air Force to acknowledge Air Force space operations veterans as honorary...
Hundreds of Thousands of Vets Have Filed Claims as PACT Act Celebrates 1st Year Veterans have filed nearly 843,448 PACT Act-related claims, with a roughly 78% approval rating. VA officials and veterans say...
What Survivors of Veterans Need to Know About the PACT Act The PACT Act linked medical conditions with certain toxins common during some eras or circumstances of military service. Here...
Stolen Valor Among Small Businesses Lying About Being Veteran-Owned Targeted by Iowa Senator Sen. Joni Ernst's bill has received support from some veterans groups, including the American Legion.
Showdown Looming: Senate Takes Moderate Route, House Pushes Culture Wars in Annual Defense Bill The two chambers will now have to find common ground on the starkly different versions of the National Defense Authorization...
Fertility Testing, Artificial Insemination Would Be Available to Troops Under Proposed Bill With the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization bill, Congress is taking steps to broaden assisted reproductive...
Bedbugs, Brown Water, Squatters: Military Barracks Blasted over Horrid Living Conditions, Lack of Accountability The Government Accountability Office published the conditions in a scathing new report, confirming complaints made by many...
What We Know About the Marine Corps F-35 Crash, Backyard Ejection and What Went Wrong The crash of an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter aircraft in South Carolina has raised numerous questions about what prompted the...
Air Force's 9th Bomb Squadron Commander Fired After Just a Couple of Months on the Job Lt. Col. Brian Milner, the commander of the 9th Bomb Squadron, was relieved of command due to "a loss of confidence in his...
Democrats Circumvent Tuberville as Senate Moves to Finally Confirm Leaders of Army, Marine Corps, Joint Chiefs While acting chiefs can keep the military running day-to-day, defense officials have argued they are not as effective as...
1 in 3 PACT Act Claims Have Received a 0% Disability Rating, Prompting a VA Review VA Under Secretary for Benefits Joshua Jacobs said the department plans to examine its ratings schedule after complaints from...
