Sequester Relief?

The President’s Fiscal 2016 budget request, which was released Feb. 2, has a lot of good priorities, but there is no way all will be possible in the current climate, Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) told reporters in Washington, D.C., on...

Budget Funds T-X

Though Air Force budget documents released Monday did not call out funding for the new T-X trainer, “It’s in there … at the BCA level,” Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh said in an interview with Air Force Magazine. The...

Forbes: US Not Walking the Walk on Pacific Pivot

If the US is preparing for a Pacific pivot, it is sending the wrong message to allies in the wrong region, said Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s seapower and projection forces subcommittee. Speaking with...

Congress Isn’t Budging on BRAC

Congress will not budget for another Base Realignment and Closure, said Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s seapower and projection forces panel, on Tuesday. The President’s Fiscal 2016 budget request, released Feb. 2, once again...

The Case for Compensation Reform

The 15 recommendations outlined in the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission report, released late last month, were not a cost-cutting exercise but an attempt to add value to long-term compensation across the all-volunteer force, commission members told Senate legislators...

Reforms for Military Hospitals Vital to Readiness

The Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission recommended the Defense Department create a “joint readiness command,” in order to preserve critical medical skills gained in combat medicine since 2001 and to ensure there are no disconnects between peacetime military treatment...