Compromise Defense Bill Would Give Junior Troops 14.5% Pay Raise in 2025 Junior enlisted service members will get a 14.5% pay raise next year under a compromise defense bill expected to pass...
Air National Guard Units Set to Transfer to Space Force Under Defense Bill Despite States' Opposition Nearly 600 Air National Guardsmen who focus on space missions would be transferred to the Space Force against the wishes of...
Health Care for Transgender Military Kids Could Be Banned by Must-Pass Defense Bill Transgender children of service members could lose access to gender-affirming health care through the military health system...
Pair of Lawmakers Pushes Defense Bill Negotiators to Include Tricare IVF Coverage Right now, Tricare will cover IVF and other assisted reproductive technologies only if the infertility was caused by a...
Troops Will Start Getting Economic Hardship Bonuses This Month, Though Only $20 on Average Lawmakers on Capitol Hill, concerned that service member pay was not keeping pace with the private sector or inflation...
Restrictions on Transgender Health Care Slipped into Senate's Must-Pass Defense Bill The military would not be able to pay for surgeries for transgender troops under the Senate's version of the must-pass annual...
Here's Why Lawmakers Want to Automatically Register Men for Selective Service The House has advanced a bipartisan proposal that would automatically register young men with the Selective Service System.
Traumatic Brain Injury Prevention Efforts Included in Must-Pass Defense Bill A growing body of evidence is showing that troops are at risk of exposure to potentially dangerous blasts not just from enemy...
All Troops Could Have IVF Covered by Military Health Care Under Proposal in Must-Pass Defense Bill Under the amendment Tricare Prime and Tricare Select would be required to cover a range of fertility treatments, including...
Lawmakers Move to Defund US Military's Gaza Aid Pier After Torrent of Problems A pair of bills advanced last week in the House seeks to end the mission that was billed as the Biden administration's...
What's in Store for VA Disability Benefits with New Office of Management and Budget Chief? New OMB Director Russell Vought has contributed to two conservative playbooks that advocate for the revamping of veterans'...
Military Drops Recruiting Efforts at Prestigious Black Engineering Awards Event Until this week, Army Recruiting Command had a public partnership with the Black Engineer of the Year Awards, or BEYA, an...
In One of the Marines' Most Iconic Jobs, a Stunning Pattern of Suicide Marine Corps drill instructors are a national symbol of discipline. But for some, their imposing persona belies a dark reality.
Biography of Civil War Veteran Banned as Military Schools Cull Books and Lessons Under Trump Orders A review of content taught at the Department of Defense Education Activity schools has resulted in restrictions of lessons on...
Airman Promotion Test to Tech Sergeant Delayed as Air Force Combs Documents for Subjects Banned by Trump The testing cycle, which was scheduled to begin Saturday and go through April 15, will be pushed back to March 3 and will...