Bill Shrinks Pentagon's R&D Budget by $7 Billion Pentagon procurement coffers will shrink in 2014 as Congress reduced the military's procurement budget by $8 billion over...
Report: Navy Adds Super Hornets and F-35s to Congressional Wish List The Navy’s 2016 “wish list” for Congress includes requests to buy more F/A-18 Super Hornets and F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.
Shakeup at OSD Acquisition Complete John Young, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics (in the picture), is trying to do something...
Tanker Hearing Focuses on Acquisition Failures The initial tenor of today's House Armed Services air and land forces subcommittee hearing on the KC-X tanker program can be...
The "Perfect Bore" One of the things that makes an air show enjoyable are the occasional moments of whimsy and weirdness in between the never...
New and Secret Threats Drive DDG 1000 Decision New threats, including some that are classified, drove the Navy's remarkable decision to whack the DDG 1000 program down to...
Poles Surprise, OK US Missile Defense Just a few weeks ago few people on Capitol Hill, in the Pentagon or the State Department thought there was much chance that...
Fort Stewart Soldiers Who Fought Gunman, Provided Care to Wounded Recognized for Valor The soldiers were awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for what Secretary of the Army Dan Driscol described as a combination...
US Air Force to Deny Retirement Pay to Transgender Service Members Being Separated from the Service The U.S. Air Force has decided to deny early retirement options for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of...
VA to End Bargaining Agreement Contracts with Most Unions The Department of Veterans Affairs said the move supports an executive order from President Donald Trump that canceled...
Fort Stewart Army Base Shooting Raises Questions About Military Gun Policies A shooting that injured five soldiers at one of the country's largest military bases has resurfaced questions about a long...
A South Carolina War Hero Is the Namesake for the Navy’s Newest Destroyer The U.S. Navy is adding a new battleship, and its namesake will be a South Carolina war hero.
![President Barack Obama awards retired Marine Cpl. William "Kyle" Carpenter, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-08/ApNewsroom_Obama.JPEG.jpg?itok=UKIqEhsJ "President Barack Obama awards retired Marine Cpl. William "Kyle" Carpenter, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry, Thursday, June 19, 2014, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)")