Pentagon Abortion Policy at Center of Senate Fight Expected to Cost Just $1 Million a Year, Analysis Says The low estimated cost relative to the Pentagon's more than $800 billion budget is unlikely to shift the political debate...
Tuberville Hold on Military Promotions Faces Biggest Challenge as Democrats Rally to Change Senate Rules Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced that the Senate Rules Committee that she chairs will vote Nov. 14 on a resolution "to allow the...
Here's How New House Speaker Mike Johnson Voted on Veteran and Military Issues Last year Johnson voted against the PACT Act, considered the biggest increase of veterans benefits in a generation.
Pentagon Launches New Review of Troop Discharges Under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' On the 12th anniversary of the policy's repeal, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks announced a new effort to review...
Six Months After New Abortion Leave Policy, Pentagon Doesn't Know How Many Troops Have Used It The services have until January to provide the data to Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gil Cisneros'...
The Games the Marine Corps Plays "Essentially, the Corps has walked away from its traditional role as the nation's worldwide "911" force to concentrate on an...
House Defense Bill Expected to Expand Food Allowance for Needy Troops The House's draft version of the bill, set for release later this month, is expected to include legislation that would allow...
Republicans Vow to Boost Veteran Spending Amid Debt Ceiling Fight The GOP bill would give the VA about $153 billion in discretionary funding in 2024, up from $135 billion that the department...
General’s Twitter Poll Shows Support for Removing Army Promotion Board Photos An unofficial poll on Twitter conducted by the commander of Army Training and Doctrine Command shows that an overwhelming...
Full Details: What You Need to Know About the Military's New Face Covering Policy Additional guidance is coming from the military services.
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...
