Dempsey: Troops Will Gripe But Accept Benefit Cuts The troops will go along with cuts to benefits and health care, but want certainty on how the changes go into effect.
Generals Say Troops Understand Need for Pay Cuts Military personnel officials tell lawmakers their troops understand cuts to benefits and pay are necessary to maintain...
Senator: Find $2B to Undo Troop Benefit Cuts A leading Republican senator is asking his colleagues to find $2 billion in the budget to offset reductions to pay and...
Sgt Maj Tells Congress Troops Can Handle Pay Cuts The Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps said Marines care more about maintaining equipment and training rather than pay.
Sgt Maj Responds to Backlash Over Pay Cut Support The sergeant major of the Marine Corps tried to explain testimony in which he said Marines prefer better equipment to high...
Lawmaker Backs Sgt Maj after Pay Cut Testimony Marine vet Rep. Duncan Hunter is backing the Corps' top NCO over remarks he made about smaller pay increases improving...
Panel Approves Troop Reductions, Not Benefit Cuts A House subcommittee on military personnel is reluctantly going along with troop cuts but not on changes to retirement and...
Survey: Nine in 10 Troops Oppose Cuts to Pay, BAH About nine in 10 active-duty troops oppose DoD proposals to reduce their pay raises and basic allowances for housing.
Pentagon Defends Pay and Benefit Cuts to Congress The military's top leaders tried to sell Congress on the pay and benefits changes they proposed in the 2015 defense budget.
Commission Could Decide Future Pay and Benefits As officials call for cuts, a congressional commission is traveling the country to hear from service members.
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...
