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Combatant commanders head to Capitol Hill to face budget questions
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of March 18, 2024.
How a Republican rift on Ukraine could complicate future aid packages
The schism within the GOP raises questions about Congress' ability to keep funding Ukraine aid if Republicans win the majority.
Esper joins venture capital firm Red Cell
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper has joined the Washington-based venture capital firm Red Cell Partners as a partner and chairman of its national security practice, the firm announced Wednesday.
By Joe Gould
Marine veteran ‘wrongfully detained’ in Russia reportedly ends hunger strike
The former Marine Corps presidential guard member is serving a nine-year prison sentence.
Families of American captives frustrated with Justice Department
Among those Americans held by foreign governments is Trevor Reed, a Marine veteran who was sentenced in Russia to nine years on charges he assaulted a police officer.
Oldest WWII veteran remembered in museum service
Lawrence Brooks was the oldest surviving World War II veteran until his death on Jan. 5 at age 112.
By Chevel Johnson
USS Paul Ignatius CO fired over failure to follow ‘proper shipboard procedures’
Cmdr. Jeffrey Servello was relieved of command Thursday.
US Navy accepts first Freedom LCS since discovering widespread defect in combining gear system
The Navy is satisfied that land-based and at-sea testing of the new combining gear system — and its bearings, specifically — sufficiently wrung out the new design, and now the service can move forward with installing the fix in new-construction and in-service ships.
Legislation targets GI Bill racial inequities
The legislation would extend the VA Loan Guaranty Program and GI Bill educational assistance to Black WWII veterans and their descendants who are alive at the time of the bill’s enactment.
The oldest living WWII veteran, now 112, wants to be remembered as a ‘good soldier’
Lawrence Brooks was drafted and entered the army in 1940.
By Kristine Froeba
New WWI movie to feature a gay love story
The movie will begin filming in the summer of 2022.
By Sarah Sicard