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The Status of the U.S. Military With clear threats in many corners of the globe challenging U.S. security and interests, one would assume the nation is investing more into its military. Yet for years the opposite has been the case. Whether through the “peace dividend” of the 1990s, the efficiency initiatives under Defense Secretary Robert Gates, or the Budget Control Act of 2011 and its subsequent sequestration-level cuts, the military has been continuously handicapped in its ability to meet...

Because of how certain military benefits are counted, on paper, families still appear to have more money than they actually do.

The bill addresses a problem advocates have pointed to that blocks low-income military families from using the program.

The Pentagon’s QRMC will take at least two years to complete but maybe longer as previous studies have taken as much as 71 months.

Boosting pay for junior enlisted service members and improving military housing conditions will be among the priorities of the new subpanel, its leader told Military.com.

That hunger is an issue at all in a military so wildly well-funded by Congress should be a grim reminder of our country’s priorities.

Washington gleefully pours money into endless weapons build-ups, but soldiers and their loved ones can't get help putting food on the table.

Food insecurity, aka hunger, afflicts from one in eight to one in four military families per recent studies.

As we turn the calendar to 2023, it is important that we take note of the past year’s accomplishments even as we look ahead to what the next 12 months

In the new year, active-duty members of the U.S. military will see the largest pay raise in decades.