Pentagon's New Deploy-or-Out Policy Could Separate Up to 286K The policy grew out of Mattis' directive to the services to take steps to improve the "lethality" of the force.
Navy Expands Incentives for Sailors to Extend Sea Duty Tours The Navy wants sailors deployed on sea duty to Japan, Guam, or Rota, Spain, to consider staying out even longer.
Deploy or 'Find Something Else to Do' in Civilian Life: Mattis Secretary Mattis said boosting the overall lethality of U.S. forces is the major issue; currently, about 286,000 troops are...
5 Things To Start Your Week: February 19, 2018 Mattis on the "deploy-or-out" policy, the Niger ambush, AFA symposium and more.
Army to Stress More Emergency-Deployment Training in 2018 Soldiers can expect to go on more exercises designed to test a unit's ability to deploy with no notice.
Pros & Cons of Renting vs. Selling Your Home Before Deployment Take time when preparing for deployment to evaluate whether selling or renting out your home is best.
Navy IT SNAFUs Cause Order Cancellation Notices, Travel Claim Backlog Database and IT problems resulted in the sending of nearly 5,000 notices that sailors' orders had been canceled.
With MEU Delayed by Hurricane, Task Force Alone for Africa Response Sigonella is positioned close to Libya and Niger, and that's where the unit has been spending the majority of its time.
Army to Deploy 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade to Afghanistan The 1st SFAB, based at Fort Benning, Georgia, is one of five SFABs the Army intends to stand up in the active force.
Army Taps Combat Units for Korea, Europe, Middle East Deployments The U.S. Army announced the upcoming deployments of two armored brigades and two headquarters elements.
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...