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Like father, like son: Book explores legacy of first Black general
It took a lot of questions and a decade of research for Doug Melville to learn the extent of his family's military history.
By Todd South
Congressman: Space Command’s initial home will be Colorado
A Colorado congressman says the initial headquarters for the Pentagon’s new Space Command will be in his home state.
Advocates plead to keep widow’s tax repeal in military policy measure
House and Senate negotiators must decide whether to dump the provision from the annual NDAA debate or find billions to pay for a fix.
Senate committee advances senior general’s nomination despite sexual assault accusations
Gen. John Hyten has denied the accusations , and military leaders dismissed the allegations after a lengthy investigation.
Bid to end military ‘widows tax’ stalled despite congressional promises
Efforts to force the issue into the annual defense authorization bill debate were turned back over funding and procedural problems.
Will the military ‘widows tax’ disappear this year?
The issue costs about 65,000 surviving military spouses an average of $11,000 a year.
Big shakeup coming to Senate Armed Services
Changing eight seats on the Senate Armed Services Committee — long seen as a powerful pulpit on national security issues — is an unusual level of upheaval.
By Joe Gould