Department of Defense News

About 6,000 Kansas Department of Defense civilians, Kansas National Guardsmen and Reserve technicians will lose 10 percent of their pay for the remainder of the fiscal year.

When NBA basketball player Jason Collins recently announced to the world that he's sexually attracted to other men, Michelle Obama tweeted, "So proud of you, Jason Collins! This is a huge step forward for our country.

Spokeswoman for Mayor Kasim Reed Sonji Jacobs says the museum will offer free admission for veterans and their relatives between Memorial Day and Labor Day through a collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families and the Department of Defense.

Members of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs are asking President Obama to stage an intervention between the VA and DoD to help resolve the ongoing VA benefits claims backlog.

VBrick Systems, Inc., a leading provider of media management and distribution solutions, announced today that it has been awarded a Certificate of Networthiness by the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command .

Here are the good, the bad and the ugly things in President Obama's important speech on counter-terrorism Thursday, and in the off-stage steps he has announced that mysteriously did not appear in the speech: President Obama seems determined to give responsibility for drone strikes to the Department of Defense , taking it away from the Central ... (more)

The Foreign Assistance Dashboard , a key deliverable of the U.S. Government's Open Government Partnership National Action Plan, promotes the Administration's commitment to openness and transparency.

WILMINGTON , Del., May 24, 2013 Nine members of the Brandywine Museums & Gardens Alliance announced this week that they will honor U.S. military personnel and their families this summer with free admission as part of the "Blue Star Museums" program, a collaboration of the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of ... (more)

Today, Representatives Mike Michaud and Chellie Pingree introduced a bill to reverse the Department of Defense's avoidance of the Berry Amendment, which requires DOD to purchase American-made military uniforms.

Soldiers at the Fort Stewart, Ga. Education Center work on class material and catch up on their e-mail. The adoption of the cloud by U.S. Department of Defense has helped soliders in the United States and deployed abroad to stay connected with their families.

The Department of Defense is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to implement sections of the 2012 and 2013 National Defense Authorization Acts .

The director of the Department of Defense education arm responsible for the nearly 200 military-run schools at bases across the world has announced her plan to retire in late summer.

A string of high profile sexual assault cases in the last few weeks involving members of the military has drawn sharp criticism from President Obama, the Secretary of Defense and members of Congress.

You know how hard it has been to keep this a secret? We've had this in the works for over a year.

The Museum of Aviation says it is saving money by using green energy, which is also contributing to national Department of Defense goals to use more renewable sources.

In these times of budget cutbacks and sequestration, knowing how each tax dollar is spent is more important than ever.

Firefighters from the 325th Civil Engineer Squadron undergo fuel fire training at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.

A Chinese Long March 2F rocket launches on the Shenzhou 9 mission, China's first manned space docking flight and first flight of a female astronaut, on June 16, 2012 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

Victims of the Fort Hood shooting massacre may have to wait a little longer before their civil trial against the government.

Wichita Falls military retirees who are currently enrolled in Tricare took part in an informational meeting on Wednesday evening regarding policy changes to Tricare.