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Senior leaders worry DOD pay models don’t reflect demands on troops

Lawmakers and senior military leaders say that military pay needs to be based more on the role and responsibilites of troops, and not simply their age.

By Leo Shane III

4 weeks ago

Flosi takes over as Air Force’s top enlisted airman

As the 20th chief master sergeant of the Air Force, David Flosi becomes the primary enlisted adviser to the service’s secretary and chief of staff.

By Rachel S. Cohen

6 weeks ago

Navy SEAL arraigned on war crime charges

U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter urged President Donald Trump to free Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward “Eddie” Gallagher, who faces a long list of war crimes charges.

By Carl Prine

5 years ago

Air Force Global Strike’s command chief fired

Chief Master Sgt. Tommy Mazzone was fired Friday for having an “unprofessional relationship” during his previous assignment as command chief for both the Air Force District of Washington and the 320th Air Expeditionary Wing at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.

By Kent Miller

5 years ago

The Army’s top officer, Gen. Mark Milley, makes surprise stop in Kabul

The U.S. Army’s chief of staff made a surprise visit to the capital Kabul where he met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to discuss prospects for a peaceful end to the country’s 17-year war, the United States' longest.

5 years ago

Senate finalizes a pair of VA nominations in final hours of 115th Congress

But a slate of defense nominations pending for months was left unfinished, and will have to be brought up again in the new Congress.

By Leo Shane III

5 years ago

Trump would accept less money for border wall, White House says

The government shutdown over funding for the border wall may go into January, the acting White House chief of staff says.

5 years ago

‘Fix-it’ man Shanahan working to streamline defense spending

Shanahan's background is business, not military.

By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press

5 years ago

Trump triggers another resignation after sudden Syria policy shift

Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the global coalition fighting the Islamic State group, has resigned in protest over President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.

5 years ago

Japan to spend more on defense, refit first aircraft carrier for US-made F-35B stealth jets

Japan plans its first aircraft carrier and big increases in defense spending and weapons capability in the coming years, according to new defense guidelines approved Tuesday that cite its need to counter potential threats from North Korea and China and other vulnerabilities.

5 years ago

Trump says scandal-plagued Navy SEAL veteran Zinke will step down

Ryan Zinke is leaving weeks before Democrats take control of the House, a shift in power that promised to intensify probes into his conduct. He denies wrongdoing.

5 years ago

A 46-year-old ensign who once ran the White House?

Reince Priebus, the once-powerful chairman of the Republican National Committee before he joined the Trump administration in 2017, was picked by a Navy selection board to receive a direct commission as a human resources officer in the Navy Reserve.

By Mark D. Faram and Leo Shane III

5 years ago

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