House panel pushes ahead $453 billion funding plan for VA next year
The appropriations plan would add more than $80 billion to the current VA funding level, giving the department its biggest budget ever.
Pentagon & Congress
Panel advances defense budget despite missing details from White House
The $832 billion defense spending plan provides no increase from current fiscal year funding levels.
This author sees opportunity for US in competition with China, Russia
The U.S. could get this moment right, or squander the opportunity.
This NCO was promoted at his family’s café and llama farm in Germany
The promotion ceremony was described as "amongst the llamas" in an official post commemorating it.
Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter dies of heart attack at age 68
Carter served in the top Pentagon role from 2015 to 2017.
Nearly 113K claims already filed for PACT Act benefits
VA officials have urged all vets who believe they are eligible for the new benefits to apply soon.
What we can do to ensure a quality education for military children
Military leaders have repeatedly raised concerns about the quality of K-12 public schools around military installations.
Soldier and airman save couple from burning house
A soldier and an airman became an unlikely heroic duo after an elderly couple’s house went up in flames in Florida.
What new injury, performance data tells us about Marine boot camp
A vast trove of biometric data provides unprecedented insights into the physical experience of recruits in the 13 weeks at boot camp.
Hospital ship Comfort heads to 4th Fleet for humanitarian mission
The ship is slated to visit Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia, Dominican Republic and Haiti to work with partner nation medical personnel.
All soldiers are finally out of unlivable Fort Bragg barracks
The movement of nearly 1,200 soldiers took quite a bit longer than expected.
