How Military Families Put Their Stamp on the Pentagon It is military spouses and veterans who deserve the credit for the incremental improvements to military family quality-of...
A Better Way to Give Pay Raises to Junior Enlisted? Key Senator Says It's Under Consideration This Year. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed said his panel is considering whether there is a "better model" to boost...
The Military's New Pet Transportation Policy: What It Means to You Military service members will be reimbursed for some of the costs of moving one dog or cat when moving on permanent change of...
Space Force Guardians Can Now Choose to Work Part Time Under New Policy Change The new Space Force Personnel Management Act offers active-duty Guardians and Air Force reservists working on space-related...
Barracks Habitability Standards Ordered by Recently Signed Defense Bill Requiring minimum standards for habitability is one of several ways this year's National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA...
Biden Signs Law Backing Military Pay Increase for 2024. Here's How Much More You’ll Get. Current troops get a big bump in basic pay for the second year in a row in 2024. Veterans receive an above-average increase...
Biggest Military Pay Raise in 20 Years Heads to Biden's Desk for Signature as Part of Annual Defense Bill The sweeping defense policy bill that locks in a 5.2% pay raise for service members next year is on its way to President Joe...
'Slap in the Face': Victims of Trinity Test Radiation Say Congress Again Let Them Down by Denying Compensation New Mexico was ground zero for the first atom bomb explosion, but the "downwinder" farmers and ranchers living near the...
Pentagon Abortion, Transgender Policies Safe, But Diversity Programs Take a Hit in Compromise Defense Bill Negotiations over this year's NDAA turned into a culture-war minefield after the House loaded its version of the defense bill...
Congress Tells Army to Set Higher Fitness Standards for Combat Arms Soldiers Congress is set to direct the Army to boost fitness standards for most combat-arms jobs through a compromise defense policy...
Soldier Shot During Special Forces Training Event After Live Ammo Mixed in with Blanks A 7th Infantry Division soldier at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state was accidentally shot April 25 by a 1st...
Marine Corps Offering Thousands of Dollars in Bonuses in Push for More Intelligence Specialists The Marine Corps needs more counterintelligence and human intelligence specialists, also known as CI/HUMINT, and is offering...
30 Sailors and Marines Injured in Training Incident Off Coast of Florida Five sailors were medically evacuated for additional care to a hospital in Georgia, though four of them were released after...
Dick Rutan, Who Set an Aviation Milestone When He Flew Nonstop Around the World, Is Dead at 85 He joined the U.S. Air Force as a teenager and flew more than 300 combat missions during the Vietnam War.
'Existential Threat': Air Guardsmen Slam Proposal to Move Their Units to Space Force Air National Guard leaders and enlisted Guardsmen on Friday called a legislative proposal to move units focused on space...