WASHINGTON — House lawmakers are backing White House plans for a 2.6 percent pay raise and another sizable boost to the military end strength in their first draft annual budget legislation released Wednesday. The proposal also includes plans to bring military service better in line wi...
The Islamic State is almost “completely defeated” on the east side of the Middle Euphrates River Valley , extending into Iraq, Army Col. Ryan Dillon, Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman, told reporters at the Pentagon Tuesday. However, that same optimism wasn’t reflected on the west ...
A watchdog report requested in 2012 and reviewed by The Associated Press found that Jackson and a rival physician exhibited “unprofessional behaviors” as they engaged in a power struggle over the White House medical unit. The six-page report by the Navy’s Medical Inspector General fou...
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein told Congress Tuesday he was not aware of any negative effects from transgender personnel serving , joining all three other service chiefs in a rare public split with President Donald Trump over the issue. Sen. Kristen Gillibrand, D-N.Y., as...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said his nominee to take over the Department of Veterans Affairs will decide in coming days whether to drop out of the confirmation process, and pledged to back his decision either way. “The fact is I wouldn’t do it,” Trump told reporters at a White...
WASHINGTON — White House officials on Tuesday defended Veterans Affairs secretary nominee Ronny Jackson as Senate officials signaled serious concerns about whether to ever allow him a confirmation hearing for the post. Jackson, whose surprise nomination has been shrouded in questions ...
WASHINGTON — Senate officials have postponed Wednesday’s scheduled confirmation hearing for Veterans Affairs Secretary nominee Ronny Jackson amid questions surrounding whether the White House may have missed serious concerns during his quick vetting process. Jackson, a Navy rear admir...
Libyan troops sit on an armored personnel carrier during a demonstration calling on the international community to arm the Libyan army in August 2015. Congressional committee members want to know what the Trump administration plans to do as ISIS and al-Qaida persist there and evidence...
A veteran who had his genitals blown off in an IED blast while serving in Afghanistan made history last month by becoming the world’s first recipient of a full penis and scrotum transplant. Nine plastic surgeons and two urological surgeons from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Mar...
President Donald Trump shakes hands with White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson as he boards Marine One as he leaves Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., on Jan. 12, 2018, after his first medical check-up as president. Jackson, the nominee to become the next...
In this April 21, 2018, file photo, people watch a TV screen showing an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. The signs read: "North Korea says it has suspended nuclear tests." North Korea's abrupt diplomatic...
“Airworthiness and safety of our fleet is paramount. We put nothing higher than that. That is why we put inspections in place. It is largely an enterprise effort across all the engineering organizations inside Army aviation and we certainly think this puts us on a path to recovery,” h...
The Army’s five airborne infantry brigade combat teams are slated to begin fielding 300 Ground Mobility Vehicles in use by special operations forces troops this year. The legs? They’ll get theirs next year, if the funding request is approved. Thirty non-airborne Army IBCTS are slated ...
There was no clear explanation by the Pentagon or the Army on Friday as to why Janicijevic was left at Fort Lee, and no answers yet as to whether officials within the Office of the Secretary of Defense had even started to process the additional screening requirements for Janicijevic —...
