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Thornberry: Don't Use Defense Dollars to Fund Wall

The top Republican in the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) would object to any plan to use military dollars to fund construction on the southwest border. Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, told reporters last week that defense funds, including... Read More Details

Bill Would Cut Defense Department Civilian Positions

A California congressman has introduced legislation that would require a 15 percent cut to the military’s civilian workforce. Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif., said the bill, known as the Rebalance for an Effective Defense Uniform and Civilian Employees... Read More Details

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Bill Would Extend TRICARE to Guard Federal Employees

Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House and Senate last week would extend TRICARE health coverage to part-time National Guardsmen and Reservists who for work for the federal government. The bills, each called the Tricare Reserve Improvement... Read More Details

Missile Defense Review: Improvement Needed to Combat New Threats

President Donald Trump unveiled the nation’s latest Missile Defense Review during an event at the Pentagon last week. The new strategy, the first of its kind in nine years, calls for a more aggressive space-based, missile-defense system and other... Read More Details

Hoeven Bill Would Protect Guard Training From Future Shutdowns

New legislation would protect National Guard training in the event of future government shutdowns. The bill, introduced by Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., would enable Guardsmen to continue to drill and conduct training exercises even if their funding is... Read More Details

VA Bolsters Suicide Prevention Efforts

The Department of Veterans Affairs is hoping to adapt a tactic used to stem veteran homelessness to bolster suicide prevention. In the coming weeks, the VA will partner with several states to pool resources and draw attention to veteran suicides... Read More Details

A Conversation with the Air Force Chief of Staff and More

Gen. David L. Goldfein, the Air Force chief of staff, has three words for commanders at every echelon across the Air Force: “We trust you.” He says the Air Force has pushed resources and decision-authority down to units and now it’s time to “move out... Read More Details

Raising the Bar

NGAUS looks to surmount in the year ahead what was, by every measure, a very successful 2018 Read More Details

'We trust you'

A conversation with Gen. David L. Goldfein, Air Force chief of staff Read More Details