Top Marine to Fight for More Amphibs After Navy Budget Leaves Them Out Gen. Neller said he'll talk to Congress about the lack of funding for the warships and the effect on national security.
Senators Skeptical of Trump's $750 Billion Defense Budget Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan took the case for a $750 billion defense budget to the Senate on Thursday.
As Commissary Sales Plummet, Pentagon Seeks 21 Percent Subsidy Cut The fiscal 2020 defense budget asks Congress to slash funding for commissaries by $271 million, or 21 percent.
Army Slashes Old Programs to Fund New Tech in 2020 Budget Request The U.S. Army's spending plan eliminates 93 programs while cutting back on others to fund science and technology efforts.
Congressman Pushes Back on Navy's Plan to Retire the Carrier Truman An influential congressman is hitting back against the Navy's plan to move an aircraft carrier into retirement decades early.
Army to Cut JLTV Buy to Pay for Future Systems The under secretary of the Army said the service plans to buy fewer of the new Joint Light Tactical Vehicles in fiscal 2020.
Infantry Wins Big in Marine Corps Budget Request The Marine Corps is gearing up for a complex fight by adding infantry squad leaders, special operators and cyber Marines.
Pentagon Budget Includes Plan to Reduce Military Medical Force "Roughly 15,000" military medical billets are slated to become civilian jobs.
Funding for New Space Force Headquarters in 2020 Budget Request The DoD has requested funding for nearly 830 military service members and civilians to man the Space Force headquarters.
First New Frigate, Unmanned Surface Ships in 2020 Navy Budget Request The Navy Department wants more than $205 billion for thousands more sailors, new ships, unmanned vessels and aircraft.
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...