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...
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...
Air Force's Controversial Plan to Transfer National Guard Units to Space Force Gets Gutted by House The amendment to the House Armed Services Committee's National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, would also make...
Airmen, Space Force Guardians Could Grow Beards Under Pilot Program Proposed by House The legislation would also order the services to analyze "the effect of beard growth on discipline, morale and unity within...
Over 1 Million Claims Related to Toxic Exposure Granted Under New Veterans Law, Biden Announces The law requires the VA to assume that certain respiratory illnesses and cancers were related to burn pit or other toxic...
After Failing to Overturn VA Abortion, LGBTQ+ Policies, House Republicans Try Again with Must-Pass Bill Kicking off the fiscal 2025 appropriations process with controversial policy riders sets the stage for a replay of the...
Marijuana Testing for Recruits Could End Under House's Must-Pass Defense Policy Bill The provision comes as policies and laws about marijuana are being relaxed around the country, including a move by the...
House Votes to Require Delivery of Bombs to Israel in GOP-Led Rebuke of Biden Policies Debate over the bill, rushed to the House floor by GOP leadership this week, showed Washington's deeply fractured outlook on...
The Army Needs Hundreds of Officers to Leave Combat Arms Lieutenants currently branched in armor, infantry, combat engineer and field artillery can apply between Jan. 7 and Feb. 17...
For Soldiers at Fort Carson, Food Is Scarce As Americans gather for Thanksgiving feasts, soldiers at Fort Carson, Colorado, are contending with a far less festive...
Marine Corps Brings in Civilians to Tackle Barracks Management, Repairs in Decades-Old Housing The Marine Corps is expanding its plan to put civilians in its barracks manager program, a move intended to improve decades...
Air Force's New Deployment Model Sparks Criticism, Staffing Concerns at Bases Some Air Force officials are concerned by the service's innovative deployment model, a new government watchdog report...
Family of Airman Killed in Japan Osprey Crash Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Scrutiny of the military's Osprey aircraft is ramping up as family members of an Air Force special operations airman who was...
