Defense Authorization

The Senate version of the fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act includes a provision that would protect Gold Star spouses and...

A recent RAND Corporation report exploring how the Army Guard and Reserve may be used in the next major conflict questions the ability for key combat...

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) has released a summary of a $750 billion defense policy bill that includes the largest pay raise for troops...

House appropriators have given their stamp of approval to the fiscal 2020 defense-spending bill, recommending a total of $690.2 billion in funding for...

The co-chairmen of the House National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus have introduced three bills that would more closely align Guard and Reserve...

The Defense Department will loosen rules over the roles that troops can fill on the southern border and send more than 300 additional troops. Acting...

President Donald Trump is requesting $718 billion for the Defense Department for fiscal 2020, a $33 billion, or 5 percent, increase from the current...

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...

Another year has begun and troops, including the National Guard, remain deployed on the U.S.-Mexico border. Then-Defense Secretary James N. Mattis...

Guardsmen should see a little more money in their drill checks after an across-the-board pay raise took effect this month. The 2.6 percent raise...

Defense Secretary James N. Mattis did not mince words in explaining how the Nov. 20 White House memo expanding the authorities of federal troops at...

The Defense Department faced questions from reporters Monday as to why it sent only active-component forces to the border last week instead of more...