Climate Change, Extremism Among Military Threats Targeted in DoD Budget Request The Biden administration is addressing extremism in the ranks, as well as climate change, in its first proposed Defense...
Marine Corps Invests in Drone Truck-Based Ship-Killer Missile as it Ditches Some MRAPs The White House budget request for fiscal 2022 totals $47.86 billion for the Marine Corps, up from $45.1 billion last year.
Navy Will Get Air Force F-16 Fighter Jets to Fill Super Hornet Gap The U.S. Navy is preparing to receive F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets from the Air Force as it moves to rid its inventory...
Air Force Will See Substantial Cuts to Aircraft Fleets in Biden's First Budget The U.S. Air Force wants to ditch more than 200 planes across its fighter, tanker, mobility, attack and drone fleets.
Navy Speeds Up Ship Retirements as It Ramps Up Investment in New Platforms While the Navy's most recent plan included plans to decommission 48 active ships by 2026, the new budget request speeds up...
Troops Would See 2.7% Pay Raise Under Proposed DoD Budget The proposed budget would also provide an average 3.1% increase in troops' basic allowance for housing payments.
Space Force Is the Only Military Service Set to Grow Under Biden's Budget Plan The fledgling Space Force would grow from 6,434 Guardians in fiscal 2021 to about 8,400 next year.
Army Grunts May Get More Guns, But Less Ammo Next Year The Army is seeking a big boost in new weapons for combat-arms units in its 2022 budget request.
'At What Point Does VA Become Adequately Funded?' Republicans Question Record Budget Request In 2000, the Department of Veterans Affairs' budget was $47 billion; this year, it is $240 billion.
Air Force Tells Congress It Needs Major Funding for Military Construction Backlog Brig. Gen. William Kale said the service has built databases to track facility conditions and is implementing a plan...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
The Best Amazon Black Friday Week 2024 Deals for Service Members, Veterans and Their Families America’s favorite shopping holiday isn’t just a single day, or even a weekend, anymore. Here’s how U.S. service members...
Army Offers $15,000 Reward for Info on Missing Guns and Other Gear at Fort Moore Army investigators are still searching for 31 M17 pistols that disappeared from Fort Moore, Georgia, earlier this year, but...
GOP Senator Stalls Promotion of General Who Became Symbol of Afghanistan Withdrawal Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue, who has been nominated to receive a fourth star and take command of U.S. Army forces in Europe...
House Approves Wide-Ranging Veterans Bill After Bipartisan Compromise Reached A wide-ranging veterans policy bill that would bolster home caregiver programs and support for homeless veterans, among other...