12,000 More Visas for Afghans Who Helped US Military Included in New Funding Deal While short of the 20,000 visas they were originally pushing for, supporters of the Special Immigrant Visa, or SIV, program...
White House Proposes Huge Increase in War Funding The White House on Monday proposed a massive increase in the fiscal 2020 budget for Overseas Contingency Operations.
VA's Proposed 2025 Budget Includes Increases for Construction, Caregivers and More The proposal, part of President Joe Biden's $7.3 trillion budget package, could result in the largest VA budget to date if...
Pentagon to Give Ukraine $300 Million in Weapons Even as It Lacks Funds to Replenish US Stockpile The Pentagon will rush about $300 million in weapons to Ukraine after finding some cost savings in its contracts, even though...
More Military Quality-of-Life Improvements Needed, Lawmakers Say, But Budget Caps They Passed Stand in the Way Among the quality-of-life funding included in the request is money for a 4.5% pay raise for troops, $2.35 billion for Army...
Connecticut Congressional Delegation Blasts Pentagon Decision to Cut Sub in Upcoming Defense Budget Electric Boat, a division of General Dynamics, is the Navy’s primary submarine contractor. It is working on the Virginia...
US Doubles Pentagon Budget for Multinational Haiti Force, Hoping to Expedite Deployment The Biden administration is doubling its defense spending on a multinational force for Haiti, hoping to speed up the start of...
Pentagon's $850 Billion Budget Would Tap US Stockpiles to Arm Taiwan President Joe Biden’s proposed $850 billion Pentagon budget for fiscal 2025 sends less-than-subtle strategic messages aimed...
Space Force Is Facing Its First-Ever Budget Cuts Just as Space Threats from Abroad Are Growing The service, which was established in 2019, is requesting $29.4 billion for fiscal 2025, about $600 million -- or 2% -- less...
After Recruiting Woes, Air Force Cuts Planned Troop Totals by 8,000 for Coming Year Air Force officials are reducing the end strength of the service in their 2025 budget request, cutting that number down after...
Troubled USS Boxer Returns Home 10 Days into Deployment Due to Maintenance Issue The maintenance-embattled USS Boxer is heading back to San Diego just 10 days after deploying due to an engineering issue, as...
On Newly Quiet Stretch of US-Mexico Border, Louisiana Soldiers Sit Around, Watch and Wait The Louisiana soldiers are spaced in groups of two or three over the 1.5 mile, 400-yard-wide strip of land.
How the Army Made a Deal with UFL Football and The Rock Despite Doubts over the Sponsorship's Worth The roughly $11 million deal set the service up to be the premier partner for the league's inaugural season, which started...
Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...
'Restore Real Value': House Panel Wants to Give Junior Enlisted Troops 15% Pay Raise The recommendation on boosting paychecks is part of the final report from the House Armed Services Committee's military...