Pentagon Budget Targets Pay, Benefits, Tricare The plan would spare favored programs from cutbacks, including cyberwar, Special Operations and drone operations.
Military Budget Includes 6% BAH Cut, 1% Pay Raise Under the proposed budget, service members would receive a 1 percent pay raise and eventually lose an average of 6 percent in...
VA Budget Funds Ending Backlog, Homelessness The Department of Veterans Affairs on Tuesday released its proposed 2015 budget of $164 billion, reflecting a 6.5 percent...
Pentagon Outlines Increased Tricare Fee Proposal Families and retirees may have only one health care plan option and higher out-of-pocket fees under a controversial proposal.
Commanders Worry Budget Cuts Will Hurt Readiness Commanders told lawmakers they were concerned that spending reductions proposed in the budget would cut down on readiness.
McHugh: BRAC Saves Army $5B as it Cuts Ranks The U.S. Army would save up to $5 billion from a new round of base closures, senior Army officials told lawmakers Tuesday.
Generals Say Troops Understand Need for Pay Cuts Military personnel officials tell lawmakers their troops understand cuts to benefits and pay are necessary to maintain...
Senator: Find $2B to Undo Troop Benefit Cuts A leading Republican senator is asking his colleagues to find $2 billion in the budget to offset reductions to pay and...
Congress to Air Force: Wrong Time to Kill Fleets Air Force leaders say the cuts have forced the service to kill A-10 and U-2 even though Russian forces have moved into Crimea...
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...