No Protections for Troop Paychecks Yet as Lawmakers Bicker and Shutdown Grows More Likely The uncertainty over troop pay comes as government funding is on track to expire at midnight Saturday.
Ending Ukraine Aid Would Be 'Devastating' to Its War Effort, Nominee for Top Pentagon Post Warns Derek Chollet's testimony on Capitol Hill comes as there appears to be no clear path in Congress to approving more aid for...
Top VA Executives Were Mistakenly Paid $9.7M in Bonuses. Now the Agency Faces Increased Oversight. The department said it would rescind the payments, which were awarded improperly to more than 170 career senior executives.
'Where Is the Accountability': Deplorable Condition of Military Barracks Sparks Outrage, Calls for Change on Capitol Hill Both Republican and Democrat lawmakers blasted the findings of last week's Government Accountability Office report on...
Will Congress Protect Troop Pay if the Government Shuts Down Sunday? For Now, That's Unclear Bills have been introduced in both the House and the Senate that would allow service members, including members of the Coast...
Government Shutdown Would Not Affect VA Medical Care and Most Benefits, Secretary Says As a result of advanced funding received from Congress, many VA services would not be affected by a shutdown, but furloughs...
Threat to Troop Paychecks Rises as Congress Fumbles Pentagon Bill and Lurches Toward a Government Shutdown Two times this week, House Republicans tried and failed to advance their fiscal 2024 Pentagon spending bill because of...
Pentagon Says Ukraine Training, Weapons Shipments Will Continue Despite Any Government Shutdown The aid is an "excepted" activity, meaning it is not dependent on lawmakers providing new funding for the Ukraine mission...
Leaders of Army, Marine Corps, Joint Chiefs Confirmed by Senate Amid Monthslong Blockade by Tuberville A Senate procedural maneuver by Tuberville this week forced Democrats to retreat from their earlier position -- that...
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...
Trump Reportedly Weighs Immediate Discharge of All Transgender Troops. Here's What That Would Mean. The proposed plan, as first reported by the Times of London, would entail signing an order within days of Trump taking office...
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...
Overseas Troops to See Fewer Sweets, More Sweet Potatoes on Their Holiday Tables This Year For some unexplained reason, the Defense Logistics Agency is shipping 800% more sweet potatoes overseas than it did last...
For Soldiers at Fort Carson, Food Is Scarce As Americans gather for Thanksgiving feasts, soldiers at Fort Carson, Colorado, are contending with a far less festive...
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...
![Banner reading: In the event of a Government Shutdown, We Are Open](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-09/ApNewsroom_Spending%20Showdown.JPEG.jpg?itok=3S98eEUw "US Dept. of Veterans Public Affairs Specialist, Ron Bergen posts banners reading: In the event of a Government Shutdown, We Are Open," at the VA Medical Center West Los Angeles Friday, April 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)")
