VA's Proposed 2025 Budget Includes Increases for Construction, Caregivers and More The proposal, part of President Joe Biden's $7.3 trillion budget package, could result in the largest VA budget to date if...
Army Planning Big Boost to Pacific Operations Next Year with More Training, Deployments and Equipment The Army is seeking to better prepare itself for a potential conflict in the Pacific, with increased spending on regional...
Pentagon to Give Ukraine $300 Million in Weapons Even as It Lacks Funds to Replenish US Stockpile The Pentagon will rush about $300 million in weapons to Ukraine after finding some cost savings in its contracts, even though...
More Military Quality-of-Life Improvements Needed, Lawmakers Say, But Budget Caps They Passed Stand in the Way Among the quality-of-life funding included in the request is money for a 4.5% pay raise for troops, $2.35 billion for Army...
Connecticut Congressional Delegation Blasts Pentagon Decision to Cut Sub in Upcoming Defense Budget Electric Boat, a division of General Dynamics, is the Navy’s primary submarine contractor. It is working on the Virginia...
US Doubles Pentagon Budget for Multinational Haiti Force, Hoping to Expedite Deployment The Biden administration is doubling its defense spending on a multinational force for Haiti, hoping to speed up the start of...
Pentagon's $850 Billion Budget Would Tap US Stockpiles to Arm Taiwan President Joe Biden’s proposed $850 billion Pentagon budget for fiscal 2025 sends less-than-subtle strategic messages aimed...
Space Force Is Facing Its First-Ever Budget Cuts Just as Space Threats from Abroad Are Growing The service, which was established in 2019, is requesting $29.4 billion for fiscal 2025, about $600 million -- or 2% -- less...
After Recruiting Woes, Air Force Cuts Planned Troop Totals by 8,000 for Coming Year Air Force officials are reducing the end strength of the service in their 2025 budget request, cutting that number down after...
Navy, Marine Corps Plan to Spend More than $250M on Barracks Restoration in 2025 The move comes as military leaders struggle to fund all their priorities after last year's move by Congress to cap the...
Soldiers and Civilians Are Dying as Mexican Cartels Embrace a Terrifying New Weapon: Land Mines The series of blasts in the Tierra Caliente — an area along the border of Jalisco and Michoacán states — mark an alarming...
Navy's Ambitious New Effort Aims to Give Sailors Understanding of 'What Right Looks Like' In an administrative message released with little fanfare, the Navy quietly embarked on an ambitious effort that leaders hope...
Two Commanders in Marine Corps' West Coast Infantry School Fired on Same Day Col. Seth "S.W." MacCutcheon, the commander of the School of Infantry-West, and Maj. Nicholas Engle, the commander of the...
Navy Fires Commander of USS Ohio -- 3rd Submarine Skipper Relieved in 7 Months The commanding officer of the USS Ohio sub's gold crew -- Capt. Kurt Balagna -- was relieved by Rear Adm. Nicholas Tilbrook...
Marine Corps Continues Path to Retirement for Artillery System that Has Seen Heavy Use in Ukraine For more than two decades, the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, has served as a key piece for U.S...