Military Families File Lawsuit over Water Contamination in Hawaii The plaintiffs are suing the private companies that manage base housing, instead of the Navy, which manages the water system.
Sailors, Marines to Get an Extra Week of Leave to Welcome New Baby The sea services announced that members will be authorized 21 days for secondary caregiver leave, bringing the benefit in...
Change That Would Simplify Transferring GI Bill Benefits to Spouses, Children Gains Foothold in Congress The bill would eliminate a field on forms service members must fill out to transfer their benefits that is the "cause of many...
Commissaries Eye Grocery Delivery to Homes Near 8 Military Installations A spokesman declined to say when the pilot would start, but a contract solicitation indicates it could be within a year.
Navy and Marine Corps Starting to Inspect All Privatized Military Housing The fiscal 2020 defense bill requires the services to have independent inspectors examine military housing for health and...
'Unwavering, Staggering' Military Spouse Unemployment Could Change After Pandemic With the increase in remote work, spouses found stability and opportunities they hadn't seen before.
Lawmakers Want the Pentagon to Waive Tricare Copays on Birth Control Services The effort, sponsored by California Democrat Rep. Jackie Speier, would further align the Tricare health program with the...
New Allowance for Struggling Military Families Approved by Congress Not Enough, Advocates Say Service members would be able to apply for the new basic needs allowance by the end of next year, according to the...
2022 Basic Allowance for Housing Rates Are Going Up, But Some Pandemic Bumps Are Gone BAH rates for troops will rise by an average 5.1% beginning in January.
The VA Is Now Offering Walk-In Vaccinations Nationwide All VA facilities that administer coronavirus vaccines are accepting walk-ins for all veterans, spouses and caregivers.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
