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The federal government is proposing the most aggressive military pay raise in over two decades — and if Congress approves it, more than half a million troops and hundreds of thousands of disabled veterans could see significant gains heading into 2027. Here's a complete breakdown of what's
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For the first time in three months of active combat, a majority of the House of Representatives voted Wednesday to reassert Congress's constitutional authority over the war with Iran. The vote was 215 to 208. Four Republicans crossed the aisle. Cheers erupted on the House floor. And the
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When the Pentagon released the Navy's latest one-star admiral promotion list on May 22, something was missing. Among the 22 captains named for promotion to rear admiral lower half — the first rung of flag officer rank — not a single one was a woman. That absence was not the
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A timeline investigation into the step-by-step restriction of military journalism, the courtrooms that fought back, and the classified designation that shut the door entirely. The Room That Closed There is a room inside the Pentagon that generations of military reporters have passed through freely. It is not glamorous — a government
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Missiles Rain on Kuwait and Bahrain; CENTCOM Responds With Qeshm Island Strikes; Kuwait Airport Hit on June 3 ATTRIBUTION NOTE: All claims in this article are sourced to named official statements from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense, Bahrain's Interior Ministry, Iran's
Veterans
Florida is one of the best states in the country to be a veteran. With roughly 1.5 million veterans calling it home — the second-largest veteran population in the nation — Florida has built one of the most comprehensive and generous state-level benefit systems anywhere in the United States. From zero
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The ballroom of the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore has hosted some of the most consequential security speeches of the 21st century. Defense ministers, generals, and diplomats from across the Indo-Pacific gather each year at the International Institute for Strategic Studies' annual dialogue — a forum built precisely on the kind
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A comprehensive resource covering healthcare, disability compensation, education, housing, employment, and more Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Who Is Eligible for VA Benefits? 3. Healthcare Benefits 4. Disability Compensation 5. Education and Training Benefits 6. Home Loan Guaranty Program 7. Life Insurance Programs 8. Pension Benefits 9. Vocational Rehabilitation
When President Donald Trump submitted his fiscal year 2027 budget proposal to Congress on April 3, 2026, buried inside a massive $1.5 trillion defense spending request was a promise to the men and women in uniform: the largest targeted pay raise for junior enlisted troops in nearly a quarter
When Pentagon comptroller Jules Hurst III stepped to the podium at the Department of Defense on April 21, he was about to announce a number that would have seemed like science fiction just a few years ago. The United States military, he told reporters, was requesting $1.5 trillion for
Greg Rathburn spent years helping keep some of the most advanced aircraft in U.S. military history airborne. As an avionics technician in the Air Force and Air National Guard, he worked on the SR-71 Blackbird — a reconnaissance plane so secretive it flew at the edge of space, and so
Every veteran knows about federal VA benefits. The disability compensation. The GI Bill. The VA home loan. The healthcare system. Those federal programs are the foundation of what this country offers the men and women who served — and they are critically important. But there is an entire second tier of
The transition from active duty to veteran status is one of the most consequential shifts a service member will ever make — and one of the most administratively complex. The military tells you where to be and what to do. The VA does not. Navigating the Department of Veterans Affairs, understanding
For most of its history, the United States Marine Corps has been defined by amphibious operations in warm-water theaters — the beaches of the Pacific, the shores of the Korean Peninsula, the deserts of the Middle East. The Corps has always prided itself on being ready to fight anywhere, but the
It looks like any one of the millions of shipping containers moving through the world's ports, railways, and highways every day. Standard dimensions. Unremarkable exterior. Nothing to distinguish it from the corrugated metal boxes stacked forty feet high in every major logistics hub on earth. But inside, according
In the predawn hours of May 4, 2026, AH-64 Apache attack helicopters and MH-60 Seahawk gunships lifted off from U.S. Navy vessels in the waters near the Strait of Hormuz. Within hours, they had sunk six Iranian small boats that were threatening commercial shipping — the opening shots of Operation
The Pentagon has taken one of its most concrete steps yet in the race to harden American military installations against the growing threat of unauthorized and adversarial drones, selecting five bases across the country to receive high-energy laser and high-powered microwave counter-drone systems before the end of 2026. The announcement,
The United States has approved a new $108.1 million sustainment package to keep Ukraine's hybrid FrankenSAM HAWK air defense batteries combat-ready, the latest chapter in one of the most unconventional defense partnerships to emerge from the war with Russia. The sale, formally announced by the State Department
On May 13, 2026, the Pentagon made an announcement that would have seemed implausible even five years ago. The Department of War had signed framework agreements with four defense technology companies — Anduril, CoAspire, Leidos, and Zone 5 Technologies — to procure more than 10,000 low-cost, containerized cruise missiles over three