Lawmakers: Trump's $54 Billion Defense Hike 'Not Enough' The Trump administration's budget proposal would boost defense spending by $54 billion and end the sequester caps.
Republicans Want More US Military Action in Iraq GOP lawmakers support President Obama’s decision to aid besieged Iraqis and help defend the threatened city of Irbil, but...
McCain Slams Marine Commandant Nominee on Iraq and Arming Recruiters Sen. John McCain went after Marine Commandant Nominee Lt. Gen. Robert Neller for what he viewed as evasive answers on arming...
McCain: No Need for US Ground Troops to Retake Raqqa The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said he sees no need to send U.S. ground troops into Syria to recapture...
Incoming VFW Commander Hits Trump Over McCain Comments The incoming commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars blasted billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump for...
GOP Win Sets Stage for McCain to Put Pressure on Pentagon, Industry McCain will likely take over as the chairman of the Armed Services Committee after the Republicans took control of the Senate...
SEAL Commander Mired in Controversy Retires The admiral in charge of Naval Special Warfare Command has reportedly retired from the service after his promotion was...
Joint Chiefs Chairman Resists Calls to Cut Number of Top Brass Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford stepped into a roiling debate over the number of generals and admirals in the...
Hagel, McCain Clash Over Iraq Surge Sen. John McCain lit into former Sen. Chuck Hagel for having predicted the 2007 Iraq surge would be a blunder.
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-Forty-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...
