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The following letter is written by Representative Mike Garcia (R-CA) from the perspective of an active duty servicemember, voicing his frustration with Department of Defense (DoD) leadership and poor quality of life for our military personnel in the armed forces:

Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema has delivered a key defense and military priorities in a bipartisan government funding bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Office of the American Samoa Congressional Delegate) — U.S. Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata was in Kuwait for Christmas Day with U.S. service members as part of a bipartisan congressional

This is wise spending.

Next year about 1,000 fewer troops will be getting an allowance intended to help them live in expensive parts of America, the Defense Department announced.

The 2023 defense budget the is part of the 2023 omnibus bill includes offsets to inflation costs and a pay raise for service members.

On average, the Basic Allowance for Housing or BAH is going up 12 percent, but here in San Diego an enlisted Sailor or Marine will see much more.

This year's National Defense Authorization, or NDAA, endorses a basic pay raise for 2023 of 4.6%, far higher than 2022's 2.7%.

/PRNewswire/ -- American Legion National Commander Vincent J. "Jim" Troiola today praised the 2023 planned increases in military housing allowances for U.S....

/PRNewswire/ -- American Legion National Commander Vincent J. "Jim" Troiola today praised the 2023 planned increases in military housing allowances for U.S....