Services to Decide MRAPs Fate Marine Corps and Army leaders will meet Dec. 13 to discuss MRAP requirements for each service.
Iraq withdrawal prepared Austin to lead CENTCOM Defense Secretary Leon Panetta chose his closer, Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Lloyd Austin, to oversee the next major U.S...
Army GCV Faces Budget Axe The Army's replacement for the Bradley fighting vehicle is likely to be cut by $150 million next year.
Lawmakers Block Pentagon Spy Plan The Defense Department's plan to beef up its spy operation has hit a roadblock on Capitol Hill.
Air Guard director nominee enters budget buzzsaw White House nominates Lt. Gen. Stanley Clarke III to take reins of Air Guard as the budget battle continues between the Guard...
Hagel keeps moving up Sec Def short list The White House is seriously considering nominating the former senator from Nebraska for a key cabinet position.
Canada halts planned F-35 purchase Canada's review of their planned purchase of 65 F-35s is only the latest setback for the Joint Strike Fighter program.
Rep. McKeon: Sequestration will happen House Armed Services Chairman Rep. Buck McKeon said he predicts the sequestration cuts will go into effect on March 1.
Panetta Says Goodbye Panetta says his biggest regret from his time as SecDef was the pained relationship he had with Congress in the austere...
Republicans filibuster Hagel's nomination Democrats fail to get the five Republican votes in favor of ending the debate on former Sen. Chuch Hagel's nomination to be...
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...
