White House taps Global Strike head as next Air Force vice chief
The White House has nominated Gen. Thomas Bussiere, head of Air Force Global Strike Command, to be the service’s next vice chief of staff. The Pentagon announced Bussiere’s nomination Friday, and said Lt. Gen. Stephen Davis — now the Air Force’s inspector general — has...
House advances $832 billion military budget plan for next fiscal year
The bill’s passage — by a 221-209 margin, with only five Democrats backing the measure — sends the national security budget debate over to the Senate, where appropriators still have not unveiled the parameters of their spending plans for next year. The Defense Department is...
VA leaders push back deadline for caregiver program changes to 2028
Veterans Affairs officials on Friday announced plans to extend caregiver benefits to legacy participants of department support programs through September 2028, pushing back the potential cutoff of benefits by almost two years. The move comes as department officials continue to review potential changes to the...
How WWII brought about the normalization of tattoos
During his third Pacific voyage beginning in 1776, Capt. James Cook recorded in his journal: “The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation….” Today, however, getting inked as a member of the U.S. military is a borderline rite of passage, so much so,...
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