BRAC is Back in Fashion at Pentagon
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told a Senate Committee Tuesday that the Pentagon needs to close bases to balance its books. Hagel, a...
House Approves Spending Bill with Runyan Amendment Blocking Base Closures
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a multibillion-dollar military and veterans spending bill this week that appropriates money...
Plan to Shut Military Supermarkets Shows Difficulty of Cutting Defense Spending
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Motion sensors and razor-wire coils ring the ammunition depot on this vast Marine Corps base. Sentries stand watch...
BRAC Rejection Will Help Ease Readiness Issues, Wittman Suggests
Rob Wittman (R-Va.), chair of the House Armed Services’ Readiness Subcommittee, began last week’s markup of his panel’s portion of the...
DoD’s Military Construction Budget Apears Safe from Sequestration Cuts
New calculations by the Office of Management and Budget have determined that sequestration will have little to no impact on DoD’s 2013...
House Moves to Block Another BRAC Round
WASHINGTON – Congress is again batting away attempts by the Pentagon to shut down domestic bases that defense officials say are underused...
How to Cut the Pentagon Budget Better than Sequestration Does
A deeply flawed conventional wisdom is developing that despite warnings from former defense secretary Leon Panetta and others that the...
Big Decisions Coming on Spokane’s Fairchild AFB
AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. (AP) – Some big decisions that could help decide the future of Spokane’s Fairchild Air Force Base are expected...
Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle Under Attack
Army officials and manufacturers of combat vehicles have shifted into damage-control mode as the service’s flagship armor-modernization...
Abrams Tank Pushed By Congress Despite Army’s Protests
WASHINGTON — Built to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army’s hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle....
