Troops of the 82nd Airborne Division deploying in 2007. (Logan Mock-bunting / Getty Images)

Last fall, Congress approved spending $72 million to pay $500-a-month bonuses to military personnel whose active-duty service has been involuntarily extended by so-called “stop-loss” orders.

Nearly six…

Check out these three vehicles.

No. 1 is the Growler, a brand-spanking-new vehicle designed for the U.S. Marine Corps.
It’s a little light on armor (none), which could be a problem in combat. But what the Growler lacks in crew protection, it more than…

In a welcome, if belated, decision, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Wednesday halted the Pentagon’s star-crossed, corruption-tinged seven-year effort to replace its Elvis-era fleet of aerial refueling tankers.
The next president and his secretary of defense now will have the…

The Government Accountability Office is expected to rule by next week on Boeing Co.’s appeal of its loss of a $40 billion aerial tanker contract. The GAO will rule largely on arguments over arcane bid specifications, scoring methods and other…

In the past few months, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has subtly begun putting the Pentagon on what he calls “war footing.” Last week, he dropped the subtlety and, in the interest of preparing for “the long war” against Islamist jihadists, he attacked…