WASHINGTON — The sweeping $1.15 trillion spending bill unveiled early Wednesday by congressional leaders includes $572.7 billion for the Pentagon. Leadership and the heads of the appropri…
A congressional task force is being created to investigate whether U.S. Central Command, headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base, manipulated intelligence. The chairmen of the House Permanent Select Committee on…
WASHINGTON — In a massive spending bill unveiled yesterday, Congress boosted funding for aircraft procurement, allowing the Pentagon to buy additional F-35 joint strike fighters and MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicles.
MIAMI — Driven by fear that their window is closing, the number of Cuban migrants attempting to reach the U.S. illegally in rafts has surged since the two countries announced…
U.S. Coast Guard Port Security Unit (PSU) 307 endured frigid weather conditions to conduct a field training exercise at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Feb. 6, 2016. The PSU 307,…
One day after the Coast Guard’s 225th birthday, its commandant predicted that the service would be receiving a big present this year: the largest acquisition budget in its history. Attitudes…
FORT LEE, Va. – The last phase of the Defense Commissary Agency’s in-store Wi-Fi rollout schedule begins Oct. 19 as the agency opens Internet access for patrons at its remaining…
The Defense Department has been pressing for years to close unneeded bases in the U.S., which would save billions and help gradually downsize and reconfigure the military. But that campaign…
Thursday's decision to open all military jobs to women — including combat roles — earned both praise and promises of closer scrutiny from members of Congress. At a Pentagon pres…