Pay & Benefits
Bill would protect military pay in a government shutdown
Troops should not be used as leverage in the budget battle, sponsor says.
Defense
Why don’t Democrats love Hagel, and who would they prefer at Defense?
Lukewarm support from Obama's party for his nominee reflects trends in the progressive defense establishment that go back several generations.
Defense
Pentagon policy chief: Furloughs are not a sure thing
Memo cites 'inaccuracies' in media reports and 'frustration' from uncertainty.
Defense
Chuck Hagel faces his biggest critics today
Washington could see the most contentious confirmation hearing of Barack Obama's presidency on Thursday.
Defense
Servicewomen’s health care needs mostly met, report finds
Defense falls short in medical response to sexual assault, GAO says.
News
Behind the Huge Plunge in Defense Spending
A 22 percent drop in one quarter drives down economic growth across the economy.
Defense
Hagel is under attack for having views on nuclear weapons that have been mainstream since Reagan
He wants to decrease the size of our arsenal. But so do most security experts, on both sides of the aisle -- something opponents of his nomination have forgotten.
Management
National security specialists offer new strategy for dealing with surprises
Gore aide Fuerth and retired ambassador Pickering say time for interagency reform is now.
Defense
Chuck Hagel goes door to door seeking Senate support
Defense secretary nominee met with several Democrats last week.
Defense
Army announces hiring freeze
Memo also instructs officials to get rid of temps, term employees; separate document goes over furlough possibilities.
Defense
Women in combat: An idea whose time has come, aided by technology
Many of the arguments against "bands of sisters" are moot. In part because of improved tools.
Defense
Navy orders layoffs of thousands of temps, issues civilian hiring freeze
Reductions are due to budget uncertainty and do not account for sequestration.
Defense
Highest-ranking military officer ties combat ban on women to sexual assault
Army General Martin Dempsey argued that the long-standing policy helped create a tiered military culture in which sexual harassment and assault proliferated.
Defense
Analysis: The Hillary doctrine
What the Secretary of State's Benghazi testimony says about the future of US foreign policy.
Nextgov
North Korea's plan to target the U.S. in a nuclear test
North Korea's National Defense Commission threatened a "full-fledged confrontation" with the U.S.
Defense
Think women haven't been in combat situations already? The history of crossdressing soldiers
Meet the women who dressed like men to fight in the Civil War.
Tech
Slow government spending drives $2.1B quarterly loss at General Dynamics
Results for the end of 2012 reflect that 'some of [the firm's] markets are contracting,' official says.
Defense
U.S. Navy ship runs aground off the Philippines
The Naval minesweeping ship was heavily damaged after it struck a coral reef.
Defense