The Missouri Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) late last week. Read More »

U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA) voiced his support this week for the American Heroes COLA Act, introduced by Rep. Ralph Abraham (R-LA), which would mandate that whenever Social Security benefits are increased, Veterans Affairs must boost veterans’ disability compensation and other benefits by the same percentage. Read More »

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) late last week formally put out a request for proposals on ways to get the latest energy technology innovations into the marketplace. Read More »

Consumers are seeing the lowest gas prices at the pumps in years, a phenomenon the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is attributing to an abundant inventory of crude oil. That low price may not indicate what lies ahead for the market, however, the EIA said., the EIA said. Read More »

Congressional leaders are working to ban U.S. purchases of Russian-made rocket engines by repealing part of the omnibus 2016 Appropriations bill. Read More »

In 2014, 269 active military service members committed suicide, as reported late last week by the Department of Defense (DoD) in its Suicide Event Report (DoDSER), a report indicating the number of suicide deaths and attempts by U.S. service members annually. Read More »

The Reserve Officers Association (ROA) of Indiana recently announced its support for the Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency (FACT) Act in a letter to Congress. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), a nuclear industry lobbying group, recently sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), imploring the agency to give states the latitude needed to keep their nuclear plants in operation as the EPA's Clean Power Plan goes into effect. Read More »

Obama administration officials have told several news-media outlets that the administration will soon announce plans for a $10-per-barrel oil tax for producers, prompting a quick backlash from GOP congressional leaders. Read More »

Defense Secretary Ash Carter spoke to Marines and Marine Corps officials this week at the Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar, California, about the Department of Defense's (DOD) recent budget proposals for the 2017 fiscal year and how they will benefit Marines, who are often the first to be deployed. Read More »

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) sent a letter this week to Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, who is finalizing the Fiscal Year 2017 Department of Defense (DOD) budget. Read More »

Alabama-based Defense Technology Inc. (DTI), provider of logistics support to U.S. forces and allies, said this week that it has been awarded an Operations and Logistics contract for its affiliated team. Read More »

Expressing pride in France’s long alliance with the U.S., Defense Secretary Ash Carter broadly outlined the allied coalition's counter-ISIL campaign in a Paris speech recently, only months after November's terror attacks on the city. Read More »

The Energy Department is hoping to revolutionize the potential of wind energy through a new design under development for mega-size offshore wind turbines that could each generate 50 megawatts of energy. Read More »

Boeing has received its latest U.S. Navy order for 20 P-8A Poseidon aircraft in a $2.5 billion contract, with four of the jets going to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Read More »

The U.S. Senate teamed up with the American Petroleum Institute (API) to help veterans and current military members find jobs in the oil and gas industry, the API said this week. Read More »

In a letter sent this week to four U.S. senators, James Bauerle, a retired brigadier general from Indiana, asked legislators to support S. 357, the Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency (FACT) Act. Read More »

Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the ongoing work at California’s Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake is "critical" to DOD's scientific research-and-development (R&D) arm during a tour of the base this week, during which he provided a preview of the $582.7 billion fiscal 2017 defense budget that will be submitted next week. Read More »

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said this week that the Department of Defense (DOD) has decided to delay the planned retirement of the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt bomber-jet squadron, which will remain in service until at least 2022, a move that drew praise from at least one U.S. senator. Read More »

Members of a commission to study the Army's future talked about their views at a Defense Writers’ Group breakfast late last week concerning how many soldiers are needed to properly protect the nation and its interests. Read More »