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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WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security issued a national terrorism bulletin Wednesday warning of the potential for lingering violence from people motivated by anti-government sentiment after President Joe Biden’s election, suggesting the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol may embolden extremists and set the stage for additional attacks. The department did not cite a …
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