Senate Armed Services subcommittee adopts personnel mark for FY2026 NDAA, sends recommendations to full committee

The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel on Thursday adopted its personnel mark for the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2026 and voted to send the subcommittee's recommendations to the full committee.

The subcommittee, meeting in open session for the markup, adopted a managers' package of 41 agreed amendments without objection and approved a motion "that the recommendations of the subcommittee be reported to the full committee and that the staff be authorized to draft bill and report language implementing agreements reached today," the chairman said. Both measures were approved by voice vote.

The personnel mark, described by the chairman as a legislative package containing 51 legislative provisions and 42 items of special interest, would do several things for service members and military-connected families. Highlights identified during the meeting include authorizing military end strength levels consistent with the president's budget request; changes to the disability evaluation system; codifying an Army…