About 240 additional troops and six Navy jets deploying to Germany as war in Ukraine drags on

The 240 troops, who belong to Electronic Attack Squadron 134 in Washington, will join the more than 100,000 U.S. service members in Europe, chief Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.

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$773 billion Pentagon budget request focuses on countering China and Russia, and boosts pay for troops and civilian workers by 4.6%

President Joe Biden’s second Pentagon budget request dwarfs his 2022 request of $715 billion, adding money to account for spikes this year in inflation and an increased emphasis on the modern arms needed to counter the No. 1 national security issue for the U.S. — China, officials said Monday.

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Army’s proposed budget calls for fewer soldiers but more money

The $177.5 billion spending proposal, up from last year’s $174.7 billion, reverses multiple years of budget cutbacks for the Army, which is during a weapons modernization push that has been challenged by budget constraints.

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Inflation and pandemic drive proposed VA budget to more than $300 billion

In addition to more money for medical care, the proposal increases funding for veteran caregivers by $433 million, and it includes $410 million more for veteran homelessness programs.

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Navy looks to cut 24 ships, adds 9 more in proposed 2023 budget

The Navy wants to cut 24 ships and build nine more in its proposed $180.5 billion budget for 2023, the service’s top budget officer said Monday. The Navy also proposes reducing the service by about 620 active-duty sailors, bringing the force to about 346,300.

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I Corps looks for efficiency and agility with ‘nodal’ commands in Indo-Pacific

I Corps, the Army’s command responsible for 44,000 troops stationed across the Indo-Pacific region, from the U.S. Pacific Northwest to South Korea and Japan, views the smaller force model as a way to stay in the game in a new era of global competition.

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North Korea takes a victory lap as evidence shows it revamping nuclear test site

The ICBM launch represented the first such test since 2017, when North Korea self-imposed a moratorium on testing missiles and nuclear weapons as negotiations between it and the U.S. and South Korea were underway.

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Looking back at how Lionel Richie became an emblem for an Army unit working after dark in Iraq

A group of aviators who operated mostly after dusk during their 2011 Iraq deployment for Operation New Dawn found their inspiration in Lionel Richie and his 1983 hit “All Night Long (All Night).”

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Vietnam vet, avid golfer remembered at US air base memorial service in Japan

Golfers, airmen, workmates, friends and family bid farewell to Eugene Alto “Mac” McDaniel Jr. during a memorial service Saturday at the Friendship Chapel on the base.

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Russia shifts focus to try to grind Ukraine's army in east

With its aspirations for a quick victory dashed by a stiff Ukrainian resistance, Russia has increasingly focused on grinding down Ukraine's military in the east in the hope of forcing Kyiv into surrendering part of the country's territory to possibly end the war.

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Biden says remark on Putin's power was about 'moral outrage'

President Joe Biden said Monday that he is "not walking anything back" after his weekend comment that Russian President Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power," although Biden insisted he's not calling for regime change in Moscow.

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