KC-10 Tankers, B-1 Bombers Can Slowly Be Retired, Lawmakers Say The Air Force must maintain 50 primary mission KC-10A aircraft in 2021, legislation says. It must keep 24 combat-coded B-1s.
Extra Cash for Low-Income Military Families, 3% Pay Raise in House Proposal The bill would make changes to Exceptional Family Member programs, child care services and sexual assault investigations.
Senate's $740 Billion Defense Bill Includes Pay Raise, Controversial Changes The Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday advanced the $740.5 billion defense bill for fiscal 2021.
Congress Pumps Brakes on Moves to Shift Air Force Bases to Space Force Lawmakers will not allow the U.S. Space Force to realign Air Force bases that host space missions until they get an analysis.
Senate Calls for New F-35 Hub in Pacific, Deployment of Cruise Missile Batteries The SASC wants to spend nearly $7 billion over two years to launch a new military effort aimed at deterring China.
No New Tricare Fees in Proposed DoD Budget The Pentagon takes a break from hiking health care enrollment fees and co-pays.
Bill Would Allow Troops to Keep Blown-Up Protective Gear as a Memento A provision in the defense budget bill aims to make it easier to donate protective gear to the service members who wore it.
Massive Relief Bill Would Triple Military Hospital Beds, Fund Guard Deployments The measure would give the DoD $1.5 billion to open expeditionary hospitals as experts warn bed space will fall short.
The Coast Guard Has Billions in Overdue Maintenance, and Lawmakers Are Concerned Congress appropriated about $12.2 billion for the Coast Guard in fiscal 2020.
Navy Defends Cutting 36 Super Hornets from Budget Amid Strike Fighter Shortfall A top Navy modernization official had to justify the service's decision to kill plans to build 36 new F/A-18 Super Hornets.
A Veteran Was Detained by Marines. It Highlights Concerns over the Military's Growing Ties to Law Enforcement. Marcos Leao's detention by Marines marks what many legal, defense and policy experts say is an unprecedented violation of the...
Hegseth Cancels Massive Contract for Military Family Moves, Pledges Fixes The company, HomeSafe Alliance, had been struggling to manage the U.S. military's domestic moves this year.
VA Changes Discrimination Policy for Health Care Staff, Denies Doctors Could Withhold Treatment The department said the change was made in order to comply with executive orders and the updates would "have no impact...
Trump Says He'll Decide Whether US Will Directly Attack Iran Within 2 Weeks Trump has been weighing whether to attack Iran by striking its well-defended Fordo uranium enrichment facility, which is...
China Sends Scores of Planes Across Central Line in Taiwan Strait China sent 74 warplanes toward Taiwan, 61 of which crossed the central line in the Taiwan Strait that unofficially divides...
