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VA Asks for 22% Increase in Spending on Medical Care as Part of Record $301B Budget
Military.com The White House is requesting an 11 percent boost to the Department of Veterans Affairs' budget for 2023, money that would fund anticipated increases in medical costs, expand the family caregiver program, and provide for several capital improvement...
Air Force ‘Would Buy More F-35s’ if Resources Allowed, Plans and Programs Chief Says
By Abraham Mahshie Budget compromises driven by the need to modernize two-thirds of the nuclear triad forced Air Force leaders to cut planned F-35 purchases in 2023 to just 33—15 fewer than it bought in fiscal 2022 and 27 fewer than 2021, said Lt. Gen. David S. Nahom,...
With Troops Facing Squeeze from Inflation, Pentagon Budget Bumps Up Pay, BAH, BAS, and More
By Greg Hadley The Defense Department’s fiscal 2023 budget request contains a 4.6 percent pay raise for service members and DOD civilians, a figure touted by officials during the March 28 rollout as the largest increase for troops in 20 years. But at the same time, a...
Air Force Would Reduce Fleet by 250 Old Aircraft, Bring on 82-plus New Ones
By John A. Tirpak The Air Force is asking Congress to retire 150 airplanes in its fiscal 2023 budget, including 33 of its advanced F-22 fighters, but it would also hand off 100 MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft to another government agency and buy more than 82...
Air Force Academy Cadets Report Most Sexual Assaults Among Service Academies in 2020-2021
By Amanda Miller Reports of sexual assaults of service academy cadets and midshipmen have trended upward since 2014. Defense Department officials said Feb. 17 that record numbers reported in the most recent academic year could be due to a higher proportion of victims...
Texas Guard Members Move to Unionize, Pointing to Troubled Border Mission
Several Texas National Guard Soldiers are moving to unionize amid reports of a troubled border mission ordered by Gov. Greg Abbott that has been plagued by accounts of wage disruptions, rejected hardship requests, alcohol abuse, and self-harm. At least six Guard...
Supreme Court to Decide if Vets Missing Disability Benefits Deadlines Will Get Back Pay
Air Force Times The Supreme Court will decide whether veterans who missed filing deadlines for disability benefits because of injury or incapacitation should be able to ask for back pay dating to their separation from the military. The decision could potentially give...
Thousands of Veterans May See Disability Deadline Waived as Supreme Court Takes Up Case
Military.com The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted the case of a Navy veteran who believes his Department of Veterans Affairs disability compensation should have been paid starting from the date he left the military rather than the date he submitted his paperwork, a...
Air Force Grants More Religious Accommodations to Vaccine; Wright-Patt Officers File Lawsuit
By Greg Hadley The Department of the Air Force has approved four more requests for religious accommodations from the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, even as the service continues to face legal challenges to the rule. The latest data released Feb. 22 indicated that 13 total...
Army Begins Separation of Vaccine Refusers
Army Secretary Christine Wormuth has directed commanders to initiate involuntary administrative separation proceedings against any soldier who has refused a COVID-19 vaccine.This applies to active-component soldiers, cadets and reserve-component soldiers serving on...
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