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2.7 percent raise for troops, DoD civilians next year gains momentum
Senate leaders joined White House officials and House appropriators in backing a 2.7 percent pay raise for all servicemembers in 2022.
Marine Corps to shell out $10M for lightweight polymer .50 caliber ammunition
The decreased weight will allow Marines to carry more ammunition into battle.
By Philip Athey
Senate sends Trump defense bill with federal parental leave, 3.1% pay raise for Pentagon personnel
The Senate on Tuesday voted to send to President Donald Trump an annual defense policy bill that combines a $738 billion Pentagon budget blueprint with legislation to provide federal employees with 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
By Andrew Taylor, The Associated Press
Meet Kenneth Braithwaite, pick for Navy secretary, and staunch Trump ally
Deemed an astute questioner, a good listener and innately credible ― Braithwaite is thought to have the skills needed to manage the Navy’s rough transition and beyond. He also has embraced much of the rhetoric coming out of the White House.
By Joe Gould
Stronger, 15% lighter bomb suit coming to explosive ordnance disposal Marines in 2020
The EOD Advanced Bomb Suit is designed to protect Marines from blast “overpressure, shrapnel, heat and impacts."
By Philip Athey
Troops’ 2020 pay raise is safe, despite dire talk from lawmakers
The 3.1 percent paycheck hike is set to take effect on Jan. 1, with or without a broader budget deal.
Veterans, military retirees to see a 1.6 percent cost-of-living boost in benefits
The boost is below the 2.8 percent increase beneficiaries saw last year.
At least 40 civilians killed in anti-Taliban raids, Afghan officials say
Anti-Taliban raids by Afghan forces backed by U.S. airstrikes killed at least 40 civilians attending a wedding party in the southern Helmand province, Afghan officials said.
Bid for a higher military pay raise fizzles amid partisan fighting in Congress
Republicans pushed for a 4 percent raise next year, but Democrats blasted the plan as a political game.
Despite massive shows of air power, nearly 40 percent of Marine Ospreys are not mission capable
The Osprey is the Corps’ “most in-demand and deployed aircraft.”
By Shawn Snow
Nearly 40 percent lighter body armor coming to Marines in 2020
The Navy awarded a nearly $216 million contract to Point Blank Enterprises for the purchase of up to 680,706 of the new lightweight plates.
By Shawn Snow