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Department of Defense
Dozens of Air Shows Cancel without Military Jets
Associated Press | Apr 28, 2013
MILWAUKEE - Dozens of air shows that draw tens of thousands of people and generate millions of dollars for local economies have been cancelled this year after the military grounded its jet and demonstration teams because of automatic federal budget cuts. For years, the biggest draws at air shows have been the military's two elite jet teams, the... more
Virginia Leaders Want Flexibility on Furloughs
Daily Press, Newport News, Va. | Apr 20, 2013
The Virginia congressional delegation wants the Pentagon to change the rules on civilian furloughs, hoping to lessen the impact in a state where 88,000 people are facing a significant pay cut. The state's two senators and 10 representatives sent a letter Thursday to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, urging him to grant flexibility to individual se... more
Lawmaker Skeptical BRAC Will be Approved
| Apr 13, 2013
WARNER ROBINS -- A new request for a Base Realignment and Closure Commission isn't likely to gain traction in Congress, 8th District U.S. Rep. Austin Scott said Thursday. Scott serves on the House Armed Services Committee, which would have to approve it. "I haven't heard any support from anybody on the committee on BRAC," he said. He made the... more
DoD IG Finds $900M Stockpile of Stryker Parts
| Apr 02, 2013
TACOMA, Wash. -- The Army program charged with keeping thousands of eight-wheeled Strykers running over the past decade had its eye so much on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that it neglected to keep its books. It accumulated nearly $900 million worth of Stryker replacement parts -- most of them in an Auburn, Wash., warehouse -- with much of the ... more
Furlough Days Cut: Exceptions in Works
Military.com | Mar 28, 2013
More than 700,000 Defense Department civilian personnel will now be subject to 14 furlough days from June through September rather than 22, and several categories of workers will be excepted from the payless days off, senior Defense officials said Thursday. "We're still going through the exceptions" and no decisions have yet been made on how m... more