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Amid recruiting woes, active duty end strength to drop again in 2024
The military is already at its lowest active-duty personnel level since 1940 and will dip even lower next year under plans to be approved by Congress.
Little warning, unclear responsibilities plagued Afghan resettlement: report
The report calls out the State Department for deeply underestimating the number of refugees.
Pentagon budget aims to shrink the military by thousands
The Defense Department budget request unveiled Monday asks for Congress to cut about 25,000 positions from the military services.
US stepping up airstrikes this week to support Afghan forces
“A number of strikes have occurred over the last several days from both manned and unmanned strike platforms,” a DoD spokesman said.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
House panel backs 2.7 percent pay raise for troops in 2022
The pay boost would be slightly lower than what troops saw this year but equal to federal formulas for civilian wage increases.
The National Guard really wants to grow. The latest budget is reducing their numbers
Though senior leaders have asked for more troops, it's probably not to be.
Military ends active-duty COVID vaccination support, but Guard effort endures
Active-duty troops might be done, but more than 12,000 Guardsmen are still helping vaccinate the public.
By Davis Winkie
Navy aims to reduce end strength, cut higher education funding in new budget request
But the sea service wants to significantly boost spending on mental health programs and sexual assault prevention and response.
By Diana Stancy
Pay is up, end strength is down and more from the Pentagon’s latest budget proposal
Smaller services, a healthy pay raise and more from the fiscal year 2022 budget proposal.
Book excerpt: ‘Master Negotiator: The Role of James A. Baker, III at the End of the Cold War’
A comprehensive examination of U.S. diplomacy at the end of the Cold War through the lens of Secretary of State James A. Baker III.
By Diana Villiers Negroponte