The Navy urgently needs Congress to pass a stalled national security spending plan to replenish the nearly $1 billion in munitions spent to counter attacks by Iran and its proxies in the Middle East in the past six months, the Navy secretary said.

Recommendations from a panel of lawmakers tasked with improving the quality of life for troops include a 15% pay raise for junior enlisted service members, no more referrals for physical therapy, optometry, women’s health and other specialties, and a basic allowance for housing that covers 100% of estimated costs.

Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli, the top general for U.S. forces in Europe, said Thursday that the military will continue to push troops into Eastern Europe as host countries build up the infrastructure to accommodate them amid a renewed threat from Russia.

Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli, who leads U.S. European Command and is NATO supreme allied commander, told the House Armed Services Committee that Russia’s artillery advantage over Ukraine will soon double, allowing Ukraine to only fire back one shell in response to 10 from Russia.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday said there was no evidence of Israel committing genocide in Gaza, but he said it was critical for the U.S. and Israel to provide humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged territory.

A group of Democrats in the Senate is urging President Joe Biden to consider deploying two Navy hospital ships to provide medical aid to the devastated Gaza Strip.

A Navy veteran is leading an effort in the House to strip the name of former Secretary of State John Foster Dulles from the main international airport in the nation’s capital and replace it with former President Donald Trump.

The House on Friday approved $825 billion in defense spending for the remainder of fiscal 2024 that funds pay increases for troops and compels the Pentagon to address the military’s recruiting crisis.

Eighty years after they used elaborate trickery to deceive enemy armies about the true size and location of American forces, the surviving members of World War II’s Ghost Army soaked up the appreciation of a nation on Thursday as they received the Congressional Gold Medal.

Senior enlisted leaders threw their support behind a proposal to widen military family eligibility for a basic needs allowance on Wednesday, urging lawmakers to approve the measure to help lessen food insecurity.