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Editorial: A budget blow to troopsWhen Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel recently floated the broad outlines of his Strategic Choices Management Review, the section on military pay and benefits included now-familiar proposals to shrink future annual military pay raises and make changes in the
DoD responds to child abuse crisisFaced with an epidemic of child abuse across the four services, the Defense Department is establishing a child abuse working group, according to a Pentagon spokesman.
DoD: Fate of quality-of-life programs left to servicesAs more and deeper budget cuts loom, the fate of the military's quality-of-life programs will be left to the individual services, defense officials say.
Cuts stretch across fighter, airlift and bomber communitiesThe Air Force's share of budget cuts could add up to five tactical aircraft squadrons and much of its C-130 fleet.
Smaller raises, fewer troopsDefense Secretary Chuck Hagel has for the first time offered details of how today's budget cuts will affect the military over the next decade, suggesting the Army and Marine Corps force levels could drop to historic lows, the Navy's carrier fleet will fac
Editorial: Hagel delivers the details; Congress must act on themFor two years, senior Pentagon leaders have repeatedly told Congress that piling on another $500 billion in automatic, inflexible cuts over the next decade — on top of $487 million in cuts already made to the 10-year plan — would devastate military capabi
Suicides drop in '13, but advocates won't declare victory yetA drop in the pace of military suicides in the first half of 2013 is welcome news for the Defense Department, but officials are not ready to call the decline a trend, given that 2012 saw the worst year for suicide since the military began closely tracking
Dorr: Air power too risky in SyriaThe nasty, 2-year-old civil war in Syria has taken 93,000 lives, according to the Associated Press. Once expected to quickly oust President Bashar Assad, the war now seems likely to partition the country and, according to a U.S.
Editorial: Justice can't be secretThe Navy posted six months' worth of court-martial verdicts to its homepage July 22 and the Marine Corps followed suit two days later. Both pledge to update their lists regularly.
Security forces: One strike and you're outCompetition for security forces jobs is getting tougher, and the Air Force no longer has any patience for screw-ups.
Dorr: Global Hawk is no prize'When I heard that the Air Force chief of staff presented an award to the Global Hawk 'industry team,' I said, 'This is a joke. This has got to be a joke.''
Editorial: Hagel: Cuts start at topCritics have long called for the Pentagon to slash headquarters staffs that have grown dramatically, especially since 9/11.
Editorial: Time to share sacrificeThe Pentagon's top civilian and top military leader recently sounded warnings that the nation risks a steep decline in military readiness if spending priorities are not rapidly reset for a postwar era.
ISAF scales back sorties as Afghans ramp up evacuationsThe pace for U.S. and international aircrews in Afghanistan has slowed dramatically as Afghan forces have increased their role in the sky, new stats from Air Forces Central Command show.
New Defense Health Agency taking shapeThe clock is ticking on the Tricare Management Activity, the Joint Task Force National Capital Region Medical Command and other military health offices slated for aggregation into the new Defense Health Agency.
Air Reserve Technician: Civilians shouldn't have to wear uniformsThe Air Force requires some federal employees to wear uniforms at work, even when they are in civilian status.
Longer tours, fewer moves loom for troopsCongress is ratcheting up pressure on the Pentagon to save money on permanent change-of-station moves, a change that could have a far-reaching impact on military life, careers and culture.
Dorr: Why no new AF Secretary?When Americans complain about a breakdown of government in Washington, they're usually venting at our dysfunctional Congress.
Editorial: Cut costs, not readinessTwo targets for budget cuts now under close review are the commissary system and permanent change-of-station moves.
ACC cuts back on readiness inspectionsAir Combat Command has been forced to cut back on inspections because of budget cuts, and that could mean less work for crews being inspected.
Dorr: Back to basics with ABUsFor the past dozen years, each service branch has developed its own combat attire.
Editorial: Wasteful NCO retrainingThe Air Force recently announced nearly 1,000 noncommissioned officers must retrain next year out of their overmanned specialties and into jobs that are undermanned.
Editorial: Check the 'married' boxRegardless of how you feel about the June 26 Supreme Court ruling barring discrimination against legally married same-sex couples, the military's mission now is clear: Quickly and seamlessly make this work.
B-1 crews are busy while other combat squads lose hoursThe Air Force has forced combat squadrons to stay on the ground and canceled large-scale exercises for its fleet, but one aircraft has been busy in the middle of it all: the B-1B Lancer.
Technical sergeant promotion rate lowest in 16 yearsThe selection rate for promotion to technical sergeant plummeted to its lowest point since 1997 — and some experts think your chances for promotion next year could be even worse.
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