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Army Budget To ‘Meet Readiness’ From Asymmetric Threats

C-27J Cargo Planes Fly Out of the Hangar and into the Boneyard

EOTech Launches Free Grant Assistance Program for Law Enforcement

Secretary Hagel Continues Stern Warnings on Defense Sequestration

Furlough Impact Hits Military Communites

Fleet Week canceled as Navy cites sequester

First commission meeting on Air Force’s future begins today

A congressionally mandated commission on the future of the Air Force will host its first meeting Tuesday. The gathering is the first official meeting of the National Commission on the…

Dozens of Air Shows Cancel Without Military Jets

Dozens of air shows that draw tens of thousands of people and generate millions of dollars for local economies have been cancelled this year after the military grounded its jet…

Navy cancels port calls for Fleet Week ships

Due to the automatic cuts mandated by the sequestration budget deal, the Navy has cancelled plans to send ships to community events in Los Angeles, Portland, Ore., and Seattle. For…

U.S. Navy, Marine Corps acquisition plans hit by sequester

Top officials from the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps told lawmakers on Tuesday that across-the-board budget cuts in fiscal 2013 and 2014 would reduce readiness and cut heavily into their…

U.S. Defense Cuts Lead to First Drop in Global Arms Spending in 15 Years

With battles raging in Congress over the Pentagon’s proposed budget cuts, a new report says the gap in military spending between the U.S. and the rest of the world is…

Obama Boosts Pentagon Cyber Budget Amid Rising Attacks

The Obama administration plans to boost U.S. spending on computer network security, including a 21 percent increase at the Pentagon, after reports of rising cyber attacks and electronic theft of…

Navy Budget Share Grows, Boosted By Pacific Strategy Shift

The Navy would get the largest budget share among the three military services in the 2014 budget submitted Wednesday, but would still see a drop in total funding from what…

Air Force budget would cut 2,640 airmen in 2014

The Air Force’s proposed budget for fiscal 2014 calls for cutting 2,640 airmen next year, but the budget could take a major hit of Congress allows steep cuts to defense…

Budget cuts force Air Force, Navy to ground aircraft

More than a dozen Air Force fighter squadrons were grounded Tuesday at U.S. bases around the world, including some in Europe and the Pacific, as the cash-strapped service confronts the…

Navy cancels five deployments set for April

The defense secretary officially terminated five upcoming ship deployments last week and ordered one deployed frigate to return home. These ships have been on notice for the past month that…

Air Force cancels Freedom’s Call Tattoo event

Sequestration has killed the biggest community outreach event at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The base announced late Thursday it canceled Freedom’s Call Tattoo, which was scheduled for June 28. Col.…

‘Army Has It Worst’ In Budget Crunch: DoD Comptroller Robert Hale

The current fiscal crisis slams the entire military, keeping aircraft carriers in port and fighter pilots on the ground for lack of funds, but of all the services, said Pentagon…

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