Military

Threats from the Marine Corps to close down their iconic Parris Island training base to meet gender integration requirements mandated by the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act has prompted members of South Carolina’s congressional delegation to introduce legislation to prevent it from happening. The Parris Island Protective Act would prohibit the use of federal funds to shutter …

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The U.S. Army announced a $1.1 billion deal with a private management firm to provide private funds to improve housing conditions for thousands of soldiers and their families at six of the service’s installations. The service approved the Jan. 5 deal with Lendlease, a company that has partnered with it to own and operate housing …

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The Marine Corps wants to upgrade its combat utility uniform, a move officials say could save the service millions of dollars and provide wearers with better protection in the field. Marines currently have two separate utility uniforms they wear outside tropical environments: the digital-patterned combat utility uniform and flame-resistant organizational gear, known as the FROG …

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WASHINGTON — Congress is asking the Department of Defense to return billions of dollars that former President Donald Trump diverted from local military base construction projects to fund the border wall and was never spent. President Joe Biden canceled the national emergency declaration that Trump and the Defense Department had used to justify shifting $3.6 …

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Several lawmakers want the Pentagon to tell them why thousands of National Guard troops will still be needed at the Capitol through mid-March. On Wednesday, almost a dozen Republican members of Congress sent a letter to acting Army Secretary John E. Whitley, asking for a threat assessment and intelligence briefing regarding the U.S. Capitol complex …

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