Budget Deal Trims Bomber, Destroyer, Missile and Drone Programs U.S. lawmakers wasted little time in identifying which programs to trim as part of a bipartisan budget deal that required...
VA Boosts Budget to Tackle Outstanding Healthcare Claims from Vets The Veterans Affairs Department is requesting a budget of $182 billion next year, a nearly $20 billion funding increase...
F-35 Cost May Drop to $85 Million by 2019 The Pentagon's fifth-gen fighter program is on course to realize significant savings in coming years, the program manager...
Petraeus Argues Military Readiness Crisis Is a 'Myth' The readiness gap cited by the service chiefs and Donald Trump is largely a myth, according to retired Army Gen. David...
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Air Force Requests 4K More Airmen, 46 F-35s, No Bonus Changes The Air Force wants to add 4,000 airmen, buy 46 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and keep bonuses relatively unchanged despite a...
Vets Benefits, Military Pay Would Likely Continue in Shutdown Veterans benefits and military pay almost certainly would be protected in the event of a government shutdown next month.
Obama Asks Hill to Extend Sequestration Deadline Obama said Republican and Democrat leaders needed more time to "keep chipping away at this problem."
Casey: Sequester Poses Challenge to Army Leaders The Army has no choice but to look at sequestration as a chance to make the spending cuts now that were inevitably coming...
Trump Reportedly Weighs Immediate Discharge of All Transgender Troops. Here's What That Would Mean. The proposed plan, as first reported by the Times of London, would entail signing an order within days of Trump taking office...
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...
Overseas Troops to See Fewer Sweets, More Sweet Potatoes on Their Holiday Tables This Year For some unexplained reason, the Defense Logistics Agency is shipping 800% more sweet potatoes overseas than it did last...
For Soldiers at Fort Carson, Food Is Scarce As Americans gather for Thanksgiving feasts, soldiers at Fort Carson, Colorado, are contending with a far less festive...
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...