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Four questions with the US Army’s acquisition chief
Doug Bush discusses how the Army is trying to bolster its industrial base to restore vital stockpiles.
By Jen Judson
Defense Department to expand gun safety efforts in an attempt to reduce military suicides
The move follows similar efforts on firearms storage and safety by other federal agencies.
Armor crews fire new barricade-busting tank round
The 120mm XM1147 AMP will replace four legacy tank rounds.
By Todd South
Iraq AUMF repeal vote delayed until mid-July
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans to take up a bipartisan measure to repeal the 2002 and 1991 war authorizations for Iraq in mid-July.
By Joe Gould
Military stumped by stolen box of Marine Corps armor-piercing grenades
The Pentagon’s IG wrote that the disappearing grenades “further emphasized the lack of proper security for rail shipments” of military arms, explosives and ammunition.
Sentencing set for former nursing assistant who admitted to killing 7 VA patients in West Virginia
Reta Mays faces up to life in prison for each of seven counts of second-degree murder when she is sentenced Tuesday in federal court.
Book excerpt: ‘The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Battle to End the Great War, 1916-1917′
"The Road Less Traveled" describes how tantalizingly close far-sighted statesmen came to ending the war near the end of 1916, saving millions of lives, and avoiding the total war that dimmed hopes for a better world.
By Philip Zelikow
The ‘unexplained’ reasons female feds make less money
Female feds still make less money on average than their male counterparts, but the reasons why are getting harder to quantify.
By Jessie Bur
Armed Services committees and the election: Here’s what we know
Stay tuned for updates as results for key congressional races continue to roll in. Will there be a major shakeup for the congressional Armed Services committees?
By Joe Gould
Feds still make three quarters of private sector pay
Federal employees make 23.1 percent less than those doing the same job in the private sector, according to the Federal Salary Council.
By Jessie Bur
After deaths at ammo plants, lawmakers to quiz US Army leaders on modernizing production
A planned House hearing comes in the wake of a series of explosions and fires that have killed and injured nearly a dozen workers at munition plants in recent years and led to a previously unreported investigation by the House Armed Services Committee.
By Joe Gould