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Freedom Caucus derails Pentagon spending bill, foreshadowing shutdown
Republican leaders pulled votes on the defense spending bill after failing to secure Freedom Caucus support, teeing up a possible shutdown next month.
Airline breakdown upends holiday leave for service members
Active duty military personnel were caught in limbo as thousands of Southwest Airlines travelers got stranded across the U.S. by canceled flights.
‘My Grown-Up Christmas List’ is a military holiday movie monstrosity
A soldier in a Santa suit wins over a journalist.
By Sarah Sicard
Fort Bragg bringing back beloved toy drive after three-year gap
The 2022 Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop 2.0 will reboot “Fort Bragg’s largest collective airborne operation event” with 2,200 paratroopers.
By Rachael Riley
VA extends debt collection relief until the end of 2022
Veterans facing financial hardship were facing a late September deadline to resume repayment of the debt.
Is Juneteenth a federal holiday?
Juneteenth has been celebrated annually around the country since 1865 when a Union General arrived in Galveston, Texas, and informed the enslaved African Americans that the Confederacy had lost the war and that they were free as per the Emancipation Proclamation, which was inked in 1863.
By Ryan White
Senate ‘likely’ to move defense bill this week, Schumer says
The Senate is “likely” to vote on its long-delayed annual defense policy bill this week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says.
By Joe Gould
New loan forgiveness program needs veterans to help spread the news to peers, fellow troops
Tens of thousands of individuals in the military community could have student loans erased if they are eligible.
This week in Congress: Only four weeks of legislative work left in 2021
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Nov. 1, 2021.
Military exchanges, battling supply chain issues, urge customers not to wait on holiday shopping
Exchange officials: 'Do not wait to buy — if you see it buy it!'
By Karen Jowers