Defense Bill Would Add 3 New Diseases to Agent Orange Presumptive Conditions List The measure would give 34K vets with hypothyroidism, bladder cancer or Parkinsonism access to compensation and care.
Retirees Must Start Paying for Tricare Select Now or Lose Coverage in January Start an allotment now so you don’t risk losing health insurance coverage.
43 House Democrats Join Call for More Restrictions on Transfer of Military Gear to Police The military-to-law enforcement transfer program was established by Congress in the 1997 version of the NDAA.
Senators Push to Extend Care to 34,000 More Veterans for Agent Orange Diseases As Congress' year draws to an end, senators have ramped up efforts to add to the list of illnesses linked to herbicide use.
Service Chiefs to SecDef: Stop the Handover of Military Hospitals to Defense Health Agency The heads of the U.S. military branches called for the return of all military hospital already transferred to the DHA.
Senate Passes $740 Billion Defense Policy Bill with Troop Pay Raise In addition to funding hardware and programs, the proposed legislation contains a 3% pay raise for uniformed personnel.
Lawmakers Try to Expand List of Diseases Eligible for Agent Orange Benefits They would add three diseases to the VA's Agent Orange presumptives list but leave off hypertension.
Lawmakers Advance $695B Defense Bill, Include Money to Change Confederate Base Names The fiscal 2021 defense funding bill would also fund a 3% troop pay raise.
House Bill Would Ban the Confederate Flag from All US Military Properties, Rename Bases The amendment would prohibit display of the flag on all installations, workplaces and common and public areas.
HASC Chairman's Top NDAA Priorities: Improving Racial Equality and Fixing Health Care The House defense policy bill contains a cluster of provisions to improve opportunities for minorities in the armed forces.
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...
Camp Pendleton Officer, Wife Sue Military Housing Company over Crash That Killed 8-Year-Old Son A Marine Corps family whose 8-year-old son died last year after he was struck by a vehicle while riding his bicycle on Camp...
Coast Guard to Launch Service-Wide Physical Fitness Test for All Members Next Year Coast Guard men and women must take a preliminary assessment by the end of this year and a mandatory PFT starting in 2026.
How the Men on a Navy Submarine Survived After Sinking 240 Feet in the Atlantic Trapped 240 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, Lt. Oliver Naquin could not ensure the crew of the USS Squalus...
Rubio Says US Is Designating 2 More Gangs as Foreign Terrorist Groups The two new designees, Los Lobos and Los Choneros, are Ecuadorian gangs blamed for much of the violence that began since the...