Vote to Reinstate 8,000 Troops Booted over Vaccine Fails, But the Mandate Is Dead in New Defense Bill The military's COVID-19 vaccine mandate is on the cusp of ending after the Senate approved the annual defense policy bill...
Largest Military Pay Raise In 20 Years Headed to Biden's Desk As Part of Defense Bill This year's National Defense Authorization, or NDAA, endorses a basic pay raise for 2023 of 4.6%, far higher than 2022's 2.7%...
Visa Program for Afghans Who Helped US Military in Danger of Lapsing After Exclusion from Defense Bill If the program isn't extended in a different bill, Afghans won't be able to apply for the visas after the program expires Dec...
Inflation Bonuses Cut from Defense Bill, But Other Allowances Boosted Some of the lowest-paid service members will not get a special bonus to help cope with inflation under a compromise defense...
Fight over Allowing Part-Time Guardians or Creating a Space Force Guard Punted Congress is asking for the Space Force to research the idea of allowing Guardians to serve part-time on active duty in the...
Military Justice Reforms at Finish Line After Decade-Long Fight Changes to the military justice system intended to combat sexual assault that got cut from last year's defense policy bill...
Group of GOP Senators Demand a Vote to End Vaccine Mandate, or They'll Try to Block Defense Bill The letter was signed by 13 Republican senators, but Sen. Rand Paul said about 20 senators have committed to supporting the...
Senate Trying to Block Military Transfers Based on Potentially Discriminatory State Laws The military would be barred from considering state laws in deciding where to station service members under an amendment...
House Approves Higher Inflation Bonuses as Sweeping Defense Bill Advances The Pentagon would have the ability to give low-paid service members inflation bonuses as high as economic conditions warrant...
Pay Bumps to Counter Suicides in Alaska and on Ships in Yard 'Unnecessary,' According to White House The proposals for Arctic pay and complex overhaul pay were spurred by waves of suicides among service members in Alaska and...
Navy Drops Disciplinary Efforts Against 2 Navy Officers After Death of SEAL Candidate Kyle Mullen Vice Adm. Rick Cheeseman decided to stop the boards of inquiry for Capt. Brad Geary, the commander of the Navy SEAL training...
Army Veteran Sentenced to Death for Killing 5 Women at a Florida Bank Zephen Xaver appeared to gulp but otherwise showed no emotion as Circuit Judge Angela Cowden pronounced the sentence at the...
More than Half of Senior Army Officers Are Turning Down Command Consideration More than half of the Army's senior officers are turning down opportunities to command, choosing instead the stability of...
Army Set to Debut Master Combat Badges in Spring, Memo Says The Army is set to begin awarding Master Combat Badges, which will combine expert and traditional combat badges, next spring...
Pentagon Officials, Aviation Experts Say Many Alleged Drone Sightings Are Being Misidentified The sightings in New Jersey and elsewhere, which so far remained unconfirmed, have triggered widespread concern and demands...
