U.S. defense budget with lavish purchase plan faces doubts

The U.S. Department of Defense on Monday rolled out its budget for fiscal year 2019, asking Congress for 716 billion U.S. dollars for arms purchases and a staff expansion, and bringing a slew of questions and doubts. The entire budget consists of three parts -- the base budget of 617 billion U.S. dollars, covering Pentagon operation costs and arms procurement, the war fund, or Overseas Contingency Operations, of 69 billion dollars, and the defense budget of 30 billion dollars to keep other government agencies functioning.

California council decries member’s anti military comments

City Council members in the Los Angeles suburb of Pico Rivera condemned remarks by a colleague who was captured on video calling members of the U.S. military "the lowest of the low." Salcido, who has been on leave from El Rancho High School in Pico Rivera, is seen on a video scolding a 17-year-old student wearing a U.S. Marine Corps sweatshirt and urging him not to join the military.

At boot camp, Marine Corps working to integrate training in the #MeToo era

At one high school in Winnetka, Illinois seeing double is part of their daily routine.That's because the sophomore class at New Trier High School in ... -- Seung Yup Woo has a small go-bag with him at all times.

Marines reprimand two fighter pilots for flight mistakes, amid Miramar neighbor noise complaints

The military disciplined two pilots for failing to follow the correct flight plans following a pair of October incidents near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. Officials say no residents were put in danger by the aviators' mistakes but some neighbors say military leaders don't always listen to their noise and safety concerns.

No deal in Senate as shutdown expanding

The Air National Guard's 122nd Fighter Wing said that exempt federal technicians and active-duty personnel would continue to carry out essential operations at the base today but that non-exempt technicians would be furloughed.

Trump Is Scrambling To Avoid A Special Election Defeat In This Rust Belt District

Conor Lamb, the Democrat running to represent this district in Congress, was wrapping up an interview with a reporter last week when Ted Skowvron, a 93-year-old veteran in a World War II cap, walked over to shake his hand. Skowvron informed Lamb that was he was a ball gunner on a B-17 in the European theater.

U.S. taxpayers bought world’s priciest gas station – in Afghanistan

This June 10, 2017 photo released by the U.S. Marine Corps shows an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter provides security from above while CH-47 Chinooks drop off supplies to U.S. Soldiers with Task Force Iron at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan. An audit by the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction released this past week revealed that a Department of Defense task force to support economic development squandered hundreds of millions of American taxpayer dollars.

US military flights grounded in Djibouti, exercise canceled following crashes

All U.S. military flights in Djibouti have been grounded and a major military exercise canceled after two recent accidents in the east African country, the U.S. military said Thursday. American commanders reached an agreement with the Djiboutian government to pause U.S. military flights following the incidents, said Marine Lt.

Destroyers: Destroy

Some thoughts on what the Zumwalt-class destroyers might do if Trump and McMaster drag us into war with North Korea: After the 1991 Gulf War, the U.S. Navy decommissioned its last battleships. The U.S. Marine Corps, among others, argued that the United States still needed gunfire support for amphibious operations, and platforms for long-range attacks against targets in the littoral.