Series: Military Readiness Reform – Part I: The Right to Repair For years, service members have been limited in what they can fix, even when they know how. A broken part often meant waiting for a ...

President Donald Trump signed the annual defense authorization bill into law Dec. 18, confirming a 3.8% raise in military basic pay. Congress approved the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, or ...

The final language of the annual bill that funds the US military is in. It removes provisions that would have helped ensure service members’ ability to fix their own equipment. US lawmakers have ...

Canceled school events, growing lines at military food pantries, accumulating fears tied to missed paychecks and the potential need for loans to stay afloat — US military families are already feeling ...

To understand why the United States is struggling to buy and field the weapons of the future, consider the trouble it had buying the most basic weapon of the past. In 2011, the Army decided to get its ...

Members of the military will be paid on Oct. 31 despite a lapse in funding during the ongoing government shutdown, the Pentagon and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) confirmed to USA TODAY. To ...