Dorothy Mills-Gregg

Dorothy Mills-Gregg reports on all aspects relating to veterans and military health care. Before reporting for Military.com and becoming obsessed with the Defense Health Agency transition, she was a city government reporter for a daily newspaper in Bakersfield, California. She has worked as a freelancer around Sacramento covering a range of issues and briefly wrote bill analyses for the Assembly Speaker's office. She is an award-winning photographer with a degree specializing in politics and national security from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism.

Email: Dorothy.Mills-Gregg@Monster.com

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An advanced individual training Phase II operating room specialist student reaches for instrumentation during a knee arthoscropy and meniscal debridement surgery at Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Sept. 25, 2017. (U.S. Army/Kirstin GraceSimons)

Military Medical Merger Should Lead to Faster Hospital Admission, Officials Say

Patients should expect to be admitted faster and receive better access to specialized care at Lewis-McChord's medical center.

The main gate of Camp Pendleton, California, in a 2013 file photo. (Lenny Ignelzi/AP)

US Military Bases Ramp Up Security Measures Amid Threats from Iran

Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Place, who became the Defense Health Agency director when Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono retired in August 2019, is leading the Tricare managing agency during one of the military health system's largest reorganizations. Dorothy Mills-Gregg/Military.com

Military Patients Will 'Absolutely Positively' See Better Care After Merger, DHA Head Says

Improvements should include faster prescription pickups and painless appointment booking off base, he said.

Military Services Wanted Major Health Care Personnel Cuts, New DHA Director Says

Officials have said about 18,000 positions will be cut.

CLICK2GO shopper picks up her order at the Naval Air Station Oceana’s commissary.

Your Questions Answered: New Commissary Access for Vets and Caregivers

Here are the latest answers to veterans' and caregivers' questions about access to commissaries and exchanges.

A U.S. Air Force Airman sleeps inside a C-17 Globemaster III during a flight over an undisclosed location in support of Operation Freedom Sentinel, Jan. 22, 2018. (U.S. Air Force illustration)

Tricare Now Covering Portable CPAP Machines for Deployed Troops

Tricare is now covering portable Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machines backdated to Jan. 24, 2019.

Pagan Nevada Guard Soldier Gets Waiver to Grow Beard; More May Follow

The Nevada Army Guard's first religious accommodation waiver granted a Norse Pagan soldier permission to grow a beard.

Military experts are warning service members about social media scams.

New Survey Shows Which Military Members Get Scammed the Most

The report found that a little over half of those in the military community that were scammed were affiliated with the Army.

Chart breaking down veteran household incomes for 2019

Millennial Veterans Saving, Earning More Than Those in Their 50s and 60s

The Veterans Financial Preparedness Report 2019 surveyed about 1,500 veterans on financial confidence and retirement planning...

Tricare to Cover Laser Treatments for Troops with Razor Bumps

Tricare is changing its policy to let servicemen receive laser treatments at off-base facilities for razor bumps.

Some New Commissary Shoppers Will Be Able to Use This Letter for Base Access

Some vets who don't have a VHIC, from the VA will be able to use a VA benefits eligibility letter to get on base.

Fort Benning Tactical Combat Casualty Care Exportable

Army Proposes New Training to Replace Combat Lifesaver Course

The course, called Tier 2 Tactical Combat Casualty Care, would replace the Army's standard combat lifesaver training.

Image used by the Army Substance Abuse Program to bring attention to Suicide Awareness Month. (US Army/Michele Wiencek)

Army Suicide Trends Have Changed in Forever Wars Era, New Study Finds

The largest historical study to date on the topic has just been published.

Service member smokes a cigarette at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

Proposed Ban on Tobacco Sales to Those Under 21 Would Affect Troops

The national age limit to buy tobacco products would increase to 21 for civilians and service members alike.

Staff Sgt. Michael Urena conducts a fertility test, July 12, 2012, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Air Force Awards $50,000 Grant to Help Treat Infertility in Airmen

The Air Force is investing $50K in a progesterone-testing kit company that could help service members trying to conceive.

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