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Biden administration officials are holding out against pressure–from lawmakers and allies–to outfit Ukraine with new arms such as long-range ATACMS missiles and cluster munitions. They are also indicating no readiness to push for an…

Several Republican House lawmakers are trying to force the Pentagon to allow troops who were separated for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine to rejoin the service, get back pay, and avoid other usual consequences of refusing a lawful order.The…

The Army is re-evaluating how it stores equipment abroad after the Defense Department’s inspector general found that an Army unit and a contractor sent Humvees with rotted tires to Ukraine. Army senior leaders will “review all aspects…

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In the summer of 1946, George Dorsey, a World War II veteran who had served tours in North Africa and the Pacific theater, was easing back into post-war life after five years in the Army. He was working as a sharecropper in Walton County,…

A small Pentagon budget office whose mission is to make sure taxpayer dollars are spent well has landed in the crosshairs of Republican lawmakers who say the office is not listening to Congress.The Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation…

The Marine Corps will continue to overhaul its forces—including a search for battlefield-manufacturing technologies—if Gen. Eric Smith is confirmed as the service’s next commandant, he told senators Tuesday.“Force Design is on track. We…

House authorizers want over half a billion dollars to fund an alternative engine for the F-35 —despite Air Force officials saying the program is too expensive to ever make it into the fighter. The Air Force recently decided it will…

For nearly half of her Navy career, Lt. Jennifer Knapp has worn boots that didn’t fit—because her size wasn’t kept in stock. They would have been “a disaster” if she was in a situation where she had to tread water to survive, she said.“I…