Defense Secretary Austin Has Been Hospitalized Since Jan. 1, But Pentagon Kept the News Quiet The Pentagon’s failure to disclose Austin’s hospitalization is counter to normal practice.
New Arctic Pay for Troops Was Passed by Congress a Year Ago. But the Pentagon Waved It Off. More than a year after it was passed in the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, the Pentagon has not enacted a new...
Barracks Repairs, Other Military Quality-of-Life Improvements Slam Into Congress' Upcoming Budget Fight Efforts to replace dilapidated housing and improve service members' quality of life could be kneecapped before they can even...
Pentagon Effort on Extremism Snarled by Confusion, Guard Divisions, Gaps in Security Clearance Screening Military leaders were confused about how to define and root out extremist behavior, even as they acknowledged a stream of...
Massive One-Day Barrage of Houthi Attacks on Shipping Fended Off by Navy Destroyer, Fighter A Navy ship and strike group fighter jets thwarted another series of attacks in the Red Sea on Tuesday, shooting down...
Barracks Habitability Standards Ordered by Recently Signed Defense Bill Requiring minimum standards for habitability is one of several ways this year's National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA...
The US Wanted Out of the Middle East. The Middle East Had Other Ideas. Two decades of war in the Middle East, a war that much of the American public is eager to move on from, have made military...
Top US Military Officer Speaks with Chinese Counterpart as US Aims to Warm Relations with Beijing Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke with his Chinese counterpart on Thursday, in the first of what...
The Pentagon Is Stepping Up On-Base Food Options to Help Troops Battle Food Insecurity For years, the issue of troops struggling to put food on the table has been a topic of study and conversation among military...
Military Focusing on JROTC Programs as Chances to Paint Picture of Service to Gen Z Dwindle JROTC, a program that has existed since World War I, offers an increasingly rare means of connecting students who will soon...
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...
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...
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...
GOP Senator Stalls Promotion of General Who Became Symbol of Afghanistan Withdrawal Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue, who has been nominated to receive a fourth star and take command of U.S. Army forces in Europe...
House Approves Wide-Ranging Veterans Bill After Bipartisan Compromise Reached A wide-ranging veterans policy bill that would bolster home caregiver programs and support for homeless veterans, among other...