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Senator wants answers on DOD’s medical treatment for terror victims
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wants to know how often military medical facilities have treated victims of terror.
By Karen Jowers
National Guard officer promotions could speed up under new measure
Guard members wait more than seven months on average for advancement.
As Air Force plans for new aircraft, senators worry about capability gaps
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., worried the Air Force could find itself without enough aircraft to conduct battlefield management or rescue downed personnel.
Lawmakers press DOD to provide troops access to abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned
The group wants Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to issue new directives to ensure female troops seeking abortions can get around looming state bans on the procedure.
March Air Reserve Base is top pick to host new KC-46 tankers
The southern California base is slated to start flying the tankers in 2025 and be fully operational by 2027.
House passes defense bill 363-70; Senate up next
The House passed a new compromise defense policy bill and sent it to the Senate Tuesday, endorsing a $25 billion increase over President Joe Biden’s defense budget request for 2022
By Joe Gould
Lawmakers vow investigations into Afghanistan missteps have only just begun
Plans for more hearings, independent investigations into the issue are underway.
Marine veteran and former US Sen. Adlai Stevenson III, 90, dead from dementia
He served with the Marine Corps in Korea and was discharged as a captain from the Marine Reserves in 1961.
Oklahoma military bases poised to grow in 2022, senator says
All five of Oklahoma’s military installations will remain viable and are poised to grow.
Military justice changes must go beyond sex cases, says senator
Top Pentagon officials and key lawmakers are open to the sexual assault shift, but they say applying it more broadly requires far more study and debate.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press