Lasting Grief but Few Answers: Families of Troops Killed in Osprey Crashes React to Hearing on Troubled Aircraft Lawmakers grilled Navy and Defense Department officials, asking about the November crash, as well as why the Osprey has...
5.5% vs. 19.5% Pay Raise: Senate Diverges from House on How Much to Boost Junior Enlisted Paychecks The House and Senate will need to negotiate a compromise version of their respective bills before this year's NDAA can become...
Bill to Compensate Radiation Fallout Victims of Atom Bomb Tests Allowed to Expire Citing concerns that the bill would be too costly, House Speaker Mike Johnson adjourned the House without allowing a vote on...
Ban on Base Slot Machines Among Proposals Floated for Annual Must-Pass Defense Bill Rep. Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., has filed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, that would prohibit the...
A Suicidal Veteran Texted the VA Crisis Line. A Responder Didn't Send Help, and Minutes Later the Veteran Was Dead. A Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General investigation released last week found numerous problems with the hotline's...
After Easing Veterans' Access to Guns, House Republicans Vote to Tie VA's Hands Further in New Spending Bill The Department of Veterans Affairs would not be able to send names of veterans who have had financial managers appointed for...
VA Secretary Asked to Resign by Former Navy SEAL Lawmaker in Wake of Executive Bonus Scandal Former Navy SEAL and Wisconsin Republican Derrick Van Orden made the first call for VA Secretary Denis McDonough to step down...
Money for 19.5% Pay Hike for Junior Enlisted Troops Included in House's Defense Spending Bill Funding to support a 19.5% pay raise for junior enlisted troops is included in the House's initial version of the annual...
No Retirement Required: How JROTC Aims to Combat an Instructor Shortage The program has hundreds of vacancies, but Congress has set a new policy reducing the number of years of service needed by...
White House Threatens to Veto VA, Military Construction Spending Bill over GOP Policies The White House is threatening to veto the annual Department of Veterans Affairs and military construction funding bill over...
Tennessee Man Shot Dead After Flipping Middle Finger at War Memorial Albert Sturgill Jr., 63, was confronted by a group while gesturing at the flag and monuments at Cumberland County Veterans...
Chicago Braces for Potential National Guard Deployment Amid Trump Threats Illinois politicians are sounding an alarm and bracing for possible National Guard deployments to Chicago amid President...
9/11 Air Defense Stories You Might Not Know As hijacked planes turned into weapons on September 11, 2001, inside a quiet Air National Guard facility in upstate New York...
Is Trump's Troop Buildup in US Cities a Declaration of War — or Something Else? As President Donald Trump goads Democratic-led cities, Americans are grappling with a fundamental question of American...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...
