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Defense funding topline up in the air for 2023 after committees release bills

The House is sticking closely to the Biden budget and to appropriators but the Senate Armed Services Committee is feeling bolder in what it is approving…

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Two small agencies win awards from Technology Modernization Fund board

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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)

One year later, commission’s proposals for improving military, public service may get a serious look

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FILE — In this July 1, 2019 file photo, members of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Class of 2023 take their oath of office on the first day of Swab Summer in New London, Conn. The school, like other service academies and military training centers, has made major changes because of the coronavirus pandemic. That means the eight weeks of boot camp for new cadets, known as

Group of retired military officials back idea of making women register for draft

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Congressional commission calls for sweeping changes to military, public service programs

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In this photo taken Aug. 26, 2019 and released by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Sidney Dellinger, 475th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron materiel management journeyman, and Staff Sgt. Corey Smith, 475th EABS heating, ventilation, and air conditioning non-commissioned officer in charge, perform flag detail during a ceremony signifying the change from tactical to enduring operations at Camp Simba, Manda Bay, Kenya. The al-Shabab extremist group said Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020 that it has attacked the Camp Simba military base used by U.S. and Kenyan troops in coastal Kenya, while Kenya's military says the attempted pre-dawn breach was repulsed and at least four attackers were killed. (Staff Sgt. Lexie West/U.S. Air Force via AP)

War imminent! Selective Service calls up 90-year-olds

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This photo provided by the U.S. Army, paratroopers assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division walk as they prepare equipment and load aircraft bound for the U.S. Central Command area of operations from Fort Bragg, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. (Spc. Hubert Delany III/U.S. Army via AP)

Fears of military draft nearly crashed Selective Service website, but not quite

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Amid rising tensions with Iran, Army insists no plans for draft

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