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Senators unsure about House plan to boost troop pay, housing stipends
House lawmakers are moving ahead with plans to increase junior enlisted pay and military housing stipends, but the idea could face opposition in the Senate
Army cancels 7,500 PCS orders to fix funding error as shutdown looms
Around 7,500 troops will have new orders cut when new military pay funds hit for fiscal 2024.
By Davis Winkie
What will it take to fix so many lousy barracks? lawmakers ask
"It will take years to address the chronic neglect and underfunding we uncovered" in barracks, GAO says.
By Karen Jowers
Army failing to ensure family housing ‘safe’ from lead paint, asbestos
The Army overhauled housing oversight in 2020, but auditors say key portions of its inspection program have failed.
By Davis Winkie
Poor oversight leaves military barracks in dire condition, report says
The watchdog report documented widespread housing issues with the barracks already familiar to many lower-ranking service members across the armed forces.
Military could lower suicide rate with focus on quality of life
Eliminating daily stresses such as delayed paychecks could help make service members more resilient to whatever active duty throws at them, experts said.
By Anne Marshall-Chalmers, The War Horse
Is the truth out there? NASA wants to help build public trust on UFOs
The agency could play a major role in data collection and further research objects of unknown origins in Earth’s atmosphere.
By Zamone Perez
Vets hope to broker fixes for military base quality-of-life issues
A new program from the American Legion will send leaders to installations to talk to families about housing, child care and other military life challenges.
‘Guard the forks!’ — the Great Submarine Utensil Heist of 1988
Gossip spreads quickly in tight quarters with a small crew. So do pranks.
By David Chetlain, The War Horse
Rediscovered photos offer a window into the Army’s Arctic past
Two Army veterans turned Air Force civilians led a months-long effort to digitize more than 1,400 long-forgotten photos of Arctic training exercises.
By Davis Winkie
Gonna need a bigger boat: what the Navy does when whales go rogue
While there has indeed been an uptick in Orca interference near Spanish and Portugese waters, they are exceedingly rare.
By Sarah Sicard