VA's PACT Act Management Could Use Lessons from 9/11 First Responders Legislation, Rand Says The PACT Act could benefit from previous 9/11 programs that included more decision-making from beneficiaries and better...
15% Enlisted Pay Hike, Other Proposed Quality-of-Life Improvements Get Big Boost from House Lawmakers The Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement Act would enact most of the key recommendations from the military quality-of...
Back Pay for Officers Caught in Tuberville Hold Gets Momentum in House, But Guard Bonuses Still Uncertain The House bill mirrors bipartisan legislation unveiled on the Senate floor on Dec. 7 and would pay hundreds of officers who...
A Nurse with an Amputation Hopes to Join the Air Force. A New Bill Could Allow Her to Do So. The "Hannah Cvancara Service Act," a bill introduced by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., would allow amputees interested...
Traumatic Brain Injury Bill Calls for Sweeping Changes in Military Health Care, Training, Safety to Protect Troops The 46-page bill comes amid growing evidence that troops are at risk of exposure to potentially dangerous blasts not just...
'Restore Real Value': House Panel Wants to Give Junior Enlisted Troops 15% Pay Raise The recommendation on boosting paychecks is part of the final report from the House Armed Services Committee's military...
The Forgotten Victims of the First Atomic Blast That ‘Oppenheimer’ Left Out May Finally Get Their Due Robert Oppenheimer and the scientists he recruited to develop the first atomic bomb at Los Alamos were well aware of the...
Millions of Vets Got Health Care and Benefits Under the PACT Act. Thousands Left Out Want the Same Chance. Legislation passed in 2022 expanded benefits for former troops sickened by burn pits, Agent Orange and contaminated water at...
The Deadline Is Approaching for PACT Act Claims and Lawsuits over Camp Lejeune Water Contamination The window is closing for veterans, families and others to file administrative claims and lawsuits under the Camp Lejeune...
Air Force Overhaul Plan that Brings Back Warrant Officers Draws Scrutiny from Capitol Hill A bipartisan agreement to fund the Pentagon for the remainder of this fiscal year that was approved by Congress included a...
Soldier Shot During Special Forces Training Event After Live Ammo Mixed in with Blanks A 7th Infantry Division soldier at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state was accidentally shot April 25 by a 1st...
Marine Corps Offering Thousands of Dollars in Bonuses in Push for More Intelligence Specialists The Marine Corps needs more counterintelligence and human intelligence specialists, also known as CI/HUMINT, and is offering...
30 Sailors and Marines Injured in Training Incident Off Coast of Florida Five sailors were medically evacuated for additional care to a hospital in Georgia, though four of them were released after...
Dick Rutan, Who Set an Aviation Milestone When He Flew Nonstop Around the World, Is Dead at 85 He joined the U.S. Air Force as a teenager and flew more than 300 combat missions during the Vietnam War.
'Existential Threat': Air Guardsmen Slam Proposal to Move Their Units to Space Force Air National Guard leaders and enlisted Guardsmen on Friday called a legislative proposal to move units focused on space...