One Army staff sergeant said he planned on putting his $1,776 check from the federal government into his retirement fund. A longtime infantryman said he would invest the money in the stock market. A military spouse said she intends to pay down credit-card debt her family has incurred from basic expenses like food and baby supplies.

In an abrupt reversal, Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Wednesday overturned an earlier Pentagon decision to send a couple hundred active-duty soldiers home from the Washington, D.C., region, amid growing tensions with the White House over the military ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — A group of active-duty members of the Ukrainian armed forces crossed the finish line Sunday at the 50th Marine Corps Marathon. Another of their brothers in arms was supposed to be with them, but he recently died in combat. The Ukraine ...