DOD ‘slow rolling’ fair special pays for Guard, Reserve, advocates sayPentagon officials fear such reforms could harm active duty retention.By Davis Winkie6 weeks ago
Senate shifts to new Ukraine funding with U.S. budget still in flux Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Jan. 22, 2024.By Leo Shane III2 months ago
The military’s federal border mission set to continue into 2024Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in June extended the mission through September 2024.By Meghann Myers3 months ago
Judge orders feds to stop cutting C-wire Texas Guard put up on borderState troopers and National Guard members placed concertina wire on the Texas-Mexico border in Eagle Pass. Border Patrol agents have cut through it.By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune5 months ago
Senate votes down bill to withdraw troops from NigerThe Senate struck down a bill from Sen. Rand Paul that would have required the U.S. to remove troops from Niger in the wake of a coup.By Bryant Harris5 months ago
More troops headed to Mexico border as migrants surgeThe Biden administration is sending 800 active-duty military troops to the border, adding to 2,500 National Guard members there.By Elliot Spagat, The Associated Press6 months ago