Upgrades ahead across the special operations helicopter fleet
Better targeting, lighter airframes and more firepower are on the docket.
By Todd South
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Military families get another extension to ease Tricare West problems
But advocates question how much this move will help military families and medical providers.
By Karen Jowers
Could changes to TAP curb veteran suicide?
Transforming the way service members are prepared for life after the military could curb veteran unemployment, homelessness and suicide. Or, at least that’s the hope behind a new bill being introduced in Congress Thursday that seeks to strengthen the Defense Department’s mandatory Transition Assistance Program.
Key Democrat fighting plan to slash Pentagon agencies
The House Armed Services Committee’s top Democrat is pushing back on a proposal to shutter seven Pentagon support agencies and slash 25 percent from the budgets of most of the others.
By Joe Gould
Major bill aims to slash Pentagon bureaucracy
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee has targeted most Pentagon support agencies for a 25 percent cut, proposing seven be shuttered entirely.
By Joe Gould
GI Bill late fees could become a thing of the past
“These benefits are supposed to be our guarantee to not have to deal with all the student loans and nonsense that goes along with them, yet every single person in my household has had to take out student loans while using these benefits,” one VA education benefit recipient told us.
By Natalie Gross
US to hit Russia with new sanctions for aiding Syria’s Assad
President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his use of the phrase “Mission Accomplished” to describe a U.S.-led missile attack on Syria’s chemical weapons program, even as his aides stressed continuing U.S. troop involvement and plans for new economic sanctions against Russia for enabling the government of Bashar Assad.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
F-35 program office wraps up final developmental flight test
For the final test point, an F-35C collected data while carrying external stores.
By Valerie Insinna
Defense Department halts F-35 deliveries amid repair bill disagreement with Lockheed
The Pentagon has suspended acceptance of most F-35 deliveries as manufacturer Lockheed Martin and the F-35 program office debate who should be responsible for fixing jets after a production issue last year.
By Valerie Insinna
Commandant places general on leave following complaint of alleged inappropriate comments
An unknown tipster filed a complaint with Naval Criminal Investigative Service following an April 6 town hall discussion.
By Shawn Snow
US official says North Korean leader ready to discuss nukes
North Korea’s government has communicated with the United States to say that leader Kim Jong Un is ready to discuss his nuclear weapons program with President Donald Trump, officials said Sunday, increasing the likelihood that the unprecedented summit will actually occur.
The Pentagon is asking for 3 times as many drones for 2019
A new report from the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard University found the Department of Defense is asking for three times as many drones for 2019 as it did in 2018.
By Kelsey D. Atherton