McHugh: Acquisition Reform Remains Top Army Priority "Historically, the Army's track record on acquisition programs is too often a tale of failure," Army Secretary John M. McHugh...
Special Operations Leaders Voice Sequestration Concerns Challenges caused by limited resources, fiscal uncertainty and the changing nature of threats have forced the military's...
Army Reserve, Guard Leaders Caution Against Sequestration Funding allocations below President Barack Obama’s budget proposal levels will risk the Reserve components’ ability to...
Veterans' Groups Clash Over Proposed Changes to Military Benefits Veterans' advocacy groups are clashing with each other over proposed changes to military retirement, health care and other...
Sequestration Would Force Involuntary Separation of Combat Vets Dropping the Army's end strength to 450,000 would require the involuntary separation of about 14,000 Soldiers, the Army's...
Military Planning to Spend Billions on New Air Force One The Pentagon is considering spending billions of dollars on three new Boeing 747s to use as Air Force One, the aircraft that...
Army Lists Top 12 Items in Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request Topping the list of things the Army wants in its $127 billion Fiscal Year 2016 budget request are 12 critical programs that...
Congress Adds Cash to Special Account to Build New Nuclear Submarines Congress plans to add money into a fund established this year for the purpose of paying for the Navy's next-generation...
House GOP Backs 401(k)-Like Military Retirement Plan, More Pay and BAH The subcommittee surprised many observers by including the provision to overhaul the military retirement system.
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...
