Panetta Authorizes Hiring Freezes, Furlough Plans "We're on the brink of creating a hollow force, the very thing we said we must avoid," Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dempsey...
Obama Asks Hill to Extend Sequestration Deadline Obama said Republican and Democrat leaders needed more time to "keep chipping away at this problem."
GOP: Shrink Federal Workforce to Meet Cuts Republican congressional leaders began a full-court press to protect the Defense Department from any potential sequestration...
Will Spending Showdown Affect You? Weeks after the year-end "fiscal cliff" showdown, the nation is already facing another high-stakes Washington debate.
Army Planning Cuts on Family Programs The Pentagon has begun a "deep dive" review of more than 170 military family and recreation programs.
Cuts Put Army's Force Structure Changes at Risk Army leaders have planned for its force strength to shrink with the onset of budget cuts and the end of combat operations in...
Army Planning Paralyzed by Sequestration Threat Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno has pegged sequestration and the uncertainty surrounding the potentially devastating...
Army Training Cuts Could Spur Soldier Exodus The Army may be returning to the pre-9/11 years when readiness was reserved for a handful of select units.
Army's Mobility, Sustainment Will Suffer The Army's long-standing problem with rapid response will only get worse as the force returns to the U.S. and funding cuts...
Army Will Delay Helicopter Fleet Upgrades The head of U.S. Army modernization said approaching cuts will delay fielding of combat lift and attack helicopters.
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...
