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Pentagon calling up 200 Guard troops to deploy to Oregon
A lawsuit filed by Oregon officials accuses the administration of exceeding its executive powers and basing its actions on a “wildly hyperbolic pretext.”
By Carla Babb
Budget boost in hand, Pentagon skips cost-saving base closure request
The Pentagon is taking a break from BRAC.
By Joe Gould
Pentagon unveils $686 billion military budget for FY19
President Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget is requesting $686.1 billion in military funding, with a focus on great power competition with Russia and China.
Army’s FY19 budget growing by 8 percent to fill readiness gaps, gradually grow force
The Army’s FY19 budget request will grow by roughly 8 percent with boosts in munitions production, a gradual plan to increase troops and funding to fill capability gaps.
By Jen Judson
A Pentagon budget like none before: $700 billion
It’s the biggest budget the Pentagon has ever seen: $700 billion. That’s far more in defense spending than America’s two nearest competitors, China and Russia, and will mean the military can foot the bill for thousands more troops, more training, more ships and a lot else.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Syrian forces capture 2 members of Islamic State 'Beatles'
The American-backed Syrian Democratic Forces captured two notorious British members of an Islamic State insurgent cell commonly dubbed “The Beatles” and known for beheading hostages, U.S. military officials said Thursday.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
For US in Syria, end game gets murkier as ISIS shrinks
The closer the U.S. gets to its original goal in Syria of defeating the Islamic State group, the murkier its end game. New layers of complexity are descending on a shifting battlefield, as demonstrated by a deadly barrage of American air and artillery strikes on a shadowy attacker.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Military bullies beware — new policy means marks on records
Military members who harass or bully people on the job or online can now be certain of a permanent mark on their service record, according to a new Pentagon policy on harassment.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Poll: Do you support Trump’s military parade in Washington?
President Donald Trump has asked the Pentagon to plan a grand parade of the U.S. armed forces in Washington this year to celebrate military strength, officials said.
By Staff Report
Pentagon: Afghan war costing US $45 billion per year
Forty-five billion dollars. That’s how much the Pentagon says the Afghan war is costing American taxpayers, and with no end in sight they may have to keep footing that bill for years to come.
Pentagon says Trump ordered Washington military parade
President Donald Trump has asked the Pentagon to plan a grand parade of the U.S. armed forces in Washington this year to celebrate military strength, officials said Tuesday.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press