Proposed Ban on Tobacco Sales to Those Under 21 Would Affect Troops The national age limit to buy tobacco products would increase to 21 for civilians and service members alike.
Here's What the Guard and Reserve Gets in the 2020 Defense Spending Bill What's in the fiscal 2020 NDAA specifically for Guard and Reserve members? Here's a snapshot of some of the major changes.
Defense Budget Would Allow Pentagon to Pay Military Medical Malpractice Claims Advocates are hailing it as a partial victory over the longstanding "Feres Doctrine."
Here's How US Space Force Will Be Built Congress has moved forward with a proposal to place the Space Force under the Department of the Air Force.
'Widow's Tax' to Be Eliminated by 2023 in Proposed Defense Budget The final version of the fiscal 2020 defense budget would phase out the so-called "widow's tax" over three years if passed.
Amid Scandals, Lawmakers Want Better Tracking on High Troop Deployment Rates For the past few years, senior U.S military officials have warned of the dangers involved with the high operational tempo.
Congress Has Released Its $738 Billion Defense Budget. Here's What's Inside The military keeps its 3.1% pay raise in the final version of the bill.
'Avengers' Actor Asks Congress to Oppose Defense Budget Actor Mark Ruffalo is encouraging lawmakers to block the NDAA unless the budget keeps a toxic chemical out of drinking water.
Key Lawmaker 'Glowing' About Final Plan for Space Force This week, lawmakers are expected to reveal how the U.S. Space Force will be organized, according to two House members.
Navy Awards Largest Shipbuilding Contract Ever Amid Concerns over Budget A recent report questioned whether the Navy had accurately assessed strains of the workload on the industrial base.
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...