Culture War Political Fights Resurface as House Approves 19.5% Junior Enlisted Pay Raise and Senate Eyes 5.5% For the second year in a row, the House approved its version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, mostly along...
5.5% vs. 19.5% Pay Raise: Senate Diverges from House on How Much to Boost Junior Enlisted Paychecks The House and Senate will need to negotiate a compromise version of their respective bills before this year's NDAA can become...
US Envoy Calls for Japan's Help to Quickly Replenish US Missile Inventory, Repair Warships Ambassador Rahm Emanuel spoke as Japan and the U.S. held their first talks to accelerate military industrial cooperation, two...
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...
US Military Defends Africa Strategy in Light of Coups and a Drift Toward Russia The 6,000 members of the U.S. military stationed in Africa are confronting new setbacks as governments in Chad and Niger —...
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...
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...
Trump-Affiliated Group Releases New National Security Book Outlining Possible Second-Term Approach One of several groups trying to lay the groundwork for a second Trump administration if the former Republican president wins...
With Mounting Opposition, Proposal to Move Guard Units to Space Force Appears Doomed in Congress The idea is meant to build up the part-time active-duty service model that Congress approved for the Space Force last year in...
Biden and Xi Discuss Taiwan, AI and Fentanyl in a Push to Return to Regular Leader Talks The call was the leaders’ first conversation since their November summit in California produced renewed ties between the two...
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...
