VA Chief: Shutdown Puts Payments at Risk Eric Shinseki called on House Republicans to pass a continuing budget resolution to avoid harming millions of vets.
Shutdown Ends, But Defense Budgets Still Squeezed With the government shutdown ended, Reserve and National Guard members can resume weekend drills.
Stateside Commissary Closure Plan Angers Patrons "You cannot have true troop readiness if active duty parents think their children could go to bed hungry."
Commissaries to Run as Business, Not Benefit Hagel and his advisers have embraced the concept that base grocery stores should operate as a business and not a benefit.
Furloughs to Hit DoD and TRICARE Prime Update Most of the 800,000 DoD employees will likely see workweeks shortened and pay cut by 20% from April through September.
Congress Moves to Restart Military Tuition Aid The Army, Air Force, Marine Corps will be forced to reopen their tuition assistance programs under a late-hour Senate...
Hagel: It Was Furlough or Deepen Readiness Crisis Defense Secretary Hagel ordered the furlough of civilian employees to avoid taking deeper cuts in training, he said.
'Consolidated' TRICARE: Higher Fees, More Freedom TRICARE Prime would cease to exist within a few years under the "Consolidated TRICARE" plan proposed in the 2015 budget.
Why Blame Republicans for the Shutdown? Without a CR that the Senate would agree to, and that President Obama would sign, the government, as expected, shut down....
Antics of Our Lawmakers No Longer Tolerable Why are we, the voting citizens of this country, still tolerating the antics, egos and arrogant self-interest?
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
The Best Amazon Black Friday Week 2024 Deals for Service Members, Veterans and Their Families America’s favorite shopping holiday isn’t just a single day, or even a weekend, anymore. Here’s how U.S. service members...
Army Offers $15,000 Reward for Info on Missing Guns and Other Gear at Fort Moore Army investigators are still searching for 31 M17 pistols that disappeared from Fort Moore, Georgia, earlier this year, but...
GOP Senator Stalls Promotion of General Who Became Symbol of Afghanistan Withdrawal Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue, who has been nominated to receive a fourth star and take command of U.S. Army forces in Europe...
House Approves Wide-Ranging Veterans Bill After Bipartisan Compromise Reached A wide-ranging veterans policy bill that would bolster home caregiver programs and support for homeless veterans, among other...