Navy 'Salute to America' Flyovers Come as Service Faces Aviation Budget Shortfall The flights, which run tens of thousands of dollars per hour, come as Navy leaders grapple with a $100 million shortfall.
Military's 3.1% Pay Raise Passes Senate as House Prepares to Do Battle Over Iran The $750 billion defense policy bill, including the 3.1% military pay raise, passed the Senate and now moves to the House.
Navy Cancels Super Hornet Demonstration Amid Aviation Budget Shortfall Strike Fighter Squadron106 won't perform at the National Cherry Festival Air Show in Traverse City, Michigan.
Increased Funding for Next-Gen Army Helos, Vehicles in Senate’s NDAA The Senate has passed its version of the Pentagon's budget bill.
Military Budget Battle Focuses On Border Wall Funding, Deployments Republicans are pushing to restore military funding for the border wall.
Bill Would Allow Troops to Freeze Eggs or Sperm, Delay Postpartum Deployments The House’s fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act would institute a number of measures to support active-duty family...
Congress Takes 1st Step in Forcing Marines to Make Boot Camp Coed The Marine Corps is the only service that still keeps men and women in separate units during entry-level recruit training.
Military Pay Raise Safe, All Else Uncertain in Defense Budget, Key Lawmaker Says Rep. Adam Smith wants to cut $17 billion from the administration's $750 billion defense budget.
Navy's Plan to Retire a Carrier Early Could Be Axed by New Bill Members of the HASC have drafted legislation that would bar the defense secretary from reducing the number of carriers.
Senate Committee's Defense Spending Plan Includes More Money for Amphibs The Senate Armed Services Committee's budget plan would restore some funding for Navy warships that Marines say they need .
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...
