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The best and worst Parris Island Marine boot camp haircuts of all time
The Marine recruit training haircut is a rite of passage.
By Sarah Sicard
Pentagon seeks to cut F-35s, other equipment to pay for Trump’s border wall
The department would reprogram $3.8 billion in fiscal year 2020 funds, largely from procurement accounts.
Liberal groups want 2020 Dems to back Pentagon spending cuts
Nearly two dozen progressive groups are launching a new push to persuade Democratic presidential candidates to support dramatic spending cuts at the Pentagon.
DoD wants to sharply cut commissary budget as overall defense budget increases
The proposed 21 percent cut comes as DoD is looking at merging the three military exchange systems and the commissary system into one enterprise.
By Karen Jowers
Trump wants a huge increase in VA spending, but some vet groups are still unhappy. Here’s why.
If approved, the $216 billion proposed budget would be the largest in VA history.
African terrorist groups ‘aren’t necessarily a threat to the homeland,’ AFRICOM leader says
U.S. Africa Command’s counter-terrorism mission is facing some troop cuts, which has lawmakers wondering how that will impact the safety of the American homeland from terror groups like al Qaida and the Islamic State’s regional loyalists.
By Kyle Rempfer
A new base in Poland wouldn’t take US troops from Germany, US ambassador says
Establishing a new U.S. military base in Poland won’t necessitate cuts from U.S. troop numbers in Germany, Kay Bailey Hutchison, the U.S. ambassador to NATO, said Tuesday.
By Kyle Rempfer
US Africa strategy hinges on local forces stepping up as Pentagon ramps down: Bolton
As the Trump administration pulls back America’s military presence in Africa, it’s calling for more African regional security organizations to step up, U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said Thursday.
By Joe Gould
Navy improving 7th Fleet, but sailors work 100-hour weeks, lack sleep, watchdog warns
Cruiser and destroyer reforms in the West Pacific are encouraging, but sailors report being overworked, a federal watchdog warned Congress on Wednesday.
70 House lawmakers to Trump: Kill proposed $33B defense cut
Lawmakers urge the president to stick to a planned top line of $733 billion for his fiscal 2020 defense budget.
By Joe Gould