Tax-Free Pay, 2-Year Leave of Absence for Parents Among Ideas Being Floated by House's Military Quality-of-Life Panel The quality-of-life panel was formed this congressional session to provide recommendations that could be included in next...
Tricare Costs Are Going Up Again in 2024 Military families and retirees will pay more for Tricare in 2024, with modest increases generally amounting to about 3%.
Pentagon Abortion Policy at Center of Senate Fight Expected to Cost Just $1 Million a Year, Analysis Says The low estimated cost relative to the Pentagon's more than $800 billion budget is unlikely to shift the political debate...
Marine Corps Had Highest Active-Duty Suicide Rate of Any Service in 2022, Latest Data Shows The Marine Corps appeared to be struggling with suicide more than any other service branch over the past year, according to...
MHS Genesis Patient Portal MHS Genesis is the Defense Department's new electronic health records system, designed to provide a single health record for...
LASIK Eye Surgeries Curtailed at Fort Cavazos Because of a Doctor Shortage The reduction of the eye surgeries at Fort Cavazos is the latest issue affecting quality of life on the base.
Pentagon Raises Cap on Service Members' Medical Malpractice Claims Service members now can file claims related to alleged malpractice at military medical facilities for up to $750,000.
Troops Must Start Planning for Transition Out of Service Sooner to Be Successful, Advocates Testify Senators challenged officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs and Defense Department on what steps they'd take to get...
Overseas Cost-of-Living Cuts Are About to Take a Bite Out of Paychecks. Some Bases Are Already Warning Troops. Cuts to service members' overseas cost-of-living allowances are coming, and some areas are starting to warn troops about the...
Despite Reports of Sailors Struggling to Get Help, Top Admiral Says Resources Are Available Part of Caudle's broader message is that Navy enlisted leaders, especially chief petty officers and leading first-class petty...
VA Plans Outreach to Screen 3 Million More Veterans for Toxic Exposures The PACT Act requires the VA to attempt to screen all veterans enrolled in VA health care; to date, 4.8 million veterans have...
DoDEA America's Chief of Staff Arrested in Human Trafficking Sting Operation in Georgia Stephen Hovanic, 64, of Sharpsburg, Georgia, was arrested Nov. 15 in a sting that netted 25 additional suspects on charges...
Pentagon's AI Initiatives Accelerate Hard Decisions on Lethal Autonomous Weapons The Pentagon is intent on fielding multiple thousands of relatively inexpensive, expendable AI-enabled autonomous vehicles by...
Marines in Dress Blues Who Brawled with Civilians in Texas Bar District Not Facing Punishment Video posted on YouTube shows a confrontation that quickly escalated between a group of men and the uniformed Marines among...
Trump Hints at Expanded Role for the Military Within the US. A Legacy Law Gives Him Few Guardrails Experts in constitutional law and the military say the Insurrection Act gives presidents tremendous power with few restraints...