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.
Navy Leaders Left Out of Talks to Cut Shipbuilding, Move Funds to Pay for Border Wall Navy leaders said they weren't consulted about billions being pulled out of military funds to pay for border barriers.
More Marine Corps Personnel Cuts Are Coming, Commandant Says The plan to shed thousands from the Marine Corps' ranks won't be the only cut, the service's top general told lawmakers.
Army Restores Money for Infantry Squad Vehicle in Fiscal 2021 Budget The list of restored programs adds up to $194.9 million that was previously cut.
Proposed VA Budget Would Increase Funding for Cancer Treatment The investment would go toward VA's precision oncology program, which moves away from one-size-fits-all cancer treatments.
Navy, Marine Corps Racing to Cut $40 Billion in Spending The acting SecNav has ordered brass to find ways to shift billions away from outdated programs to pay for high-ticket items.
Army Releases Full List of 80 Programs it Plans to Kill or Trim Back U.S. Army budget officials on Friday released the full list of 41 program eliminations and 39 program reductions.
European Defense Funding Takes $1.5 Billion Hit in Pentagon Budget Request Under the Defense Department's budget plan, funds for the European Defense Initiative would be cut to $4.5 billion.
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...