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White House budget plan gives 4% boost for VA amid other agency cuts
VA would be one of only a few federal departments to see a funding increase under the president's $1.7 trillion budget plan.
Spec ops’ roles to deter Russia may shift more to conventional soldiers
Congress wants to ensure special operations forces are being used for appropriate missions.
By Kyle Rempfer
Fighting Germans and Jim Crow: Role of black troops on D-Day
Roughly 2,000 African American troops are believed to have hit the shores of Normandy in various capacities on June 6, 1944.
House lawmakers back big military pay raise, block plans to cut 18,000 defense medical jobs
The draft of the annual defense authorization bill also includes new protections for sexual assault victims and new help for unemployed military spouses.
Pentagon tells White House to stop politicizing military
The Pentagon has told the White House to stop politicizing the military, amid a furor over a Trump administration order to have the Navy ship named for the late Sen. John McCain hidden from view during a presidential visit.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Two Texas Army units are up next for Iraq and Afghanistan missions
The Army has identified command elements that will be heading to Iraq and Afghanistan in coming months.
By Kyle Rempfer
Marine says he fired weapon on Mexican border after being attacked
NORTHCOM said the Marine was at a mobile surveillance camera site near El Centro, California, in the pre-dawn hours of May 29 when the incident took place. There were no reported injuries.
4 Afghan civilians killed, 4 US troops slightly wounded in Kabul suicide attack on US convoy
It was the second suicide attack in as many days to rattle the Afghan capital.
Trump, Shanahan distance themselves from McCain controversy
The Pentagon’s acting chief, Patrick Shanahan, ordered his chief of staff to investigate the flap.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
White House tells Navy to keep destroyer McCain ‘out of sight’ during Trump visit to Japan, report says
A tarp was draped over the ship’s name, and sailors wearing caps bearing the name John S. McCain were given the day off to avoid potential sightings.
By J.D. Simkins
Motion filed to dismiss lead prosecutor and possibly judge in SEAL war crime trial
“If the Military Judge authorized an investigation with such little knowledge, that is, at the very least, quite unnerving,” the motion reads.
By Kyle Rempfer