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Shaye Haver, Kristen Griest — FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2015, file photo, Army 1st Lt. Shaye Haver, center, and Capt. Kristen Griest, right, pose for photos with other female West Point alumni after an Army Ranger school graduation ceremony at Fort Benning, Ga. Haver and Griest became the first female graduates of the Army's rigorous Ranger School. The decision by the Pentagon to allow women to serve in all combat jobs has put new focus on an often-forgotten U.S. institution: the Selective Service. While America has not had a military draft since 1973, all men must register with the Selective Service within 30 days of turning 18. U.S. leaders repeatedly insist that the all-volunteer force is working and the nation is not returning to the draft. But there are increasing rumblings about whether women should now be required to register if they can indeed serve in all areas of the military. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Federal Newscast

Senate version of NDAA to require automatic draft registration for all citizens

The House version of the NDAA, passed last month, requires automatic registration for all men. A new Senate version would expand that to women as well.

Defense

NDAA amendment to give more authority to DoD components to buy cyber products

Defense

Leaders continue calls to end military holds

Defense

DoD budget contains big pay raise and largest research investment ever

Defense

Pentagon’s ponderous budget process is next target for Congressional reform

Congress

First look at Senate NDAA adds $35B to DoD, takes all nonmilitary crimes out of chain of command

Defense

Military straddling uncomfortable fence between changing sexual assault prosecutions, but keeping nonmilitary crime prosecutions

FILE - In this June 3, 2011, file photo, the Pentagon is seen from air from Air Force One. It’s the biggest budget the Pentagon has ever seen: $700 billion. That’s far more in defense spending than America’s two nearest competitors, China and Russia, and will mean the military can for the bill for thousands more troops, more training, more ships and a lot else. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Defense

DoD budget largely flat, cuts legacy systems for modernization

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Federal Newscast

Climate change executive order could impact federal employees' TSP accounts

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon is aerial refueled by a KC-135 “Stratotanker” over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020 as part of an escort mission in support of the B-52 “Stratofortress” deployment. The United States flew strategic bombers over the Persian Gulf on Wednesday for the second time this month, a show of force meant to deter Iran from attacking American or allied targets in the Middle East. (Senior Airman Roslyn Ward/U.S. Air Force via AP)

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Air Force will turn its tankers into flying hotspots in first deployment of ABMS

Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., listens during a confirmation hearing for President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for national intelligence director Avril Haines before the Senate intelligence committee on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

Federal Newscast

Two powerful chairmen criticize White House for 'dragging its feet' on defense spending

The Capitol is seen at dusk as work in the Senate is stalled on the Democrats' $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, in Washington, Friday, March 5, 2021. Senators plan to continue to vote on amendments through the night. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress

Congress to more seriously consider commission's proposals for improving military, public service

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DoD Reporter's Notebook

IG: Pentagon disregarded auditors, overpaid contractors by as much as $97M

Lloyd Austin

DoD Reporter's Notebook

DoD stands up 90 day commission on sexual assault, with several interim steps

DoD budget, Navy

Defense

Reed says military needs to do more with less as budgets will flatten

DoD budget, Navy

Defense

Here's what's inside the finished 2021 defense authorization bill

Chief Master Sgt. Roger Towberman displays his insignia during a presentation of the United States Space Force flag in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Space acquisition proposals held up amid DoD-OMB negotiations

Mark Esper, Mark Milley

Defense

Esper signs tenant bill of rights for families, but some provisions missing

In this Aug. 1, 2018 photo, housing stands dilapidated and vacant at the former Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster, in Warminster, Pa. In Warminster and surrounding towns in eastern Pennsylvania, and at other sites around the United States, the foams once used routinely in firefighting training at military bases contained per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. EPA testing between 2013 and 2015 found significant amounts of PFAS in public water supplies in 33 U.S. states. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Air Force

Air Force withholding millions from military housing company after allegations of fraud

Space Force

Defense

Senate committee authorizes $750 billion defense budget, establishes space force

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Federal Newscast

Senators question TSP investment portfolios sans fossil fuels

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Air Force

Air Force orders immediate checks of 74K houses after reports of contaminants, rats

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Defense

Lawmakers find systemic issues as military families suffer in on-base housing