Pentagon Can Ship More Weapons to Ukraine After Congress Replenishes Aid Funding Biden administration officials had been warning they expected to soon exhaust all of the existing funding to send weapons to...
Despite Housing Troubles Plaguing Sailors, Navy Determined to Spend Money on Shipyards Navy officials, testifying before an appropriations subcommittee, emphasized that much of construction spending will go...
A $1.8 Million Home for Space Force's Top Enlisted Leader Is Included in the 2023 Budget Request The request for a 3,500-square-foot home for the chief master sergeant of the Space Force is tucked away in the $230 million...
Lend-Lease Is Back as Congress Gives Biden New Tool for Quick Ukraine Weapons Shipments The weapons funding could go toward "even more artillery, armored vehicles, anti-armor systems, anti-air capabilities that...
Air Force Wants Big Increase for 2023 Budget to Improve On-Base Housing for Military Families Funds to improve the dwellings provided by privatized housing companies doubled in the budget request, with around $110...
New 'Basic Needs' Allowance on Top of Increases for Housing and Food in Air Force's 2023 Budget The program would be part of the $169 billion 2023 budget request the Air Force unveiled, which included a 4.3% increase in...
Indiana's Guard Swapped its F-16s for A-10s a Decade Ago. Now the Air Force Wants to Send F-16s Back. Under the latest Air Force budget proposal, nearly two dozen of the Indiana Air National Guard's A-10s would be retired.
Navy Names the Ships It Wants Scrapped as Congressional Protests Grow The plans to mothball ships drew near instant outrage from Congress, especially members who follow Navy issues.
Inflation Driving Congressional Fight to Hike Defense Budget Republicans are pointing to increased costs for labor, fuel and materials as they argue the Pentagon's high budget request...
Coast Guard's $13.8 Billion Budget Request Includes a Commercial Icebreaker The budget, up 2.7% from current funding levels, provides money for a 4.6% pay increase and funds for ship construction and...
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...