DoD's Failure to Standardize Exceptional Family Member Program Leaves Gaps in Services, Watchdog Finds Since 2012, government watchdogs have made recommendations to improve the program, but the DoD has not fully implemented...
DoD to Launch Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts in November The benefit is designed to encourage service members to budget for child care expenses while putting more money in their...
What Survivors of Veterans Need to Know About the PACT Act The PACT Act linked medical conditions with certain toxins common during some eras or circumstances of military service. Here...
New Commissary Chief Eyes Store Improvements, Expansion of Delivery Services Getting the word out on shopping eligibility is one of the ways Defense Commissary Agency Director John Hall plans to draw...
No More Banking 120 Days of Leave: The Navy Is Beginning to Rein In Those COVID-Era Rules In April 2020, the Navy started letting sailors accumulate up to 120 days of leave -- as opposed to the usual 60 -- because...
Pet Moving Costs Could Be Covered on Your Next PCS Congress allowed the new military PCS entitlement in the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act.
Fertility Testing, Artificial Insemination Would Be Available to Troops Under Proposed Bill With the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization bill, Congress is taking steps to broaden assisted reproductive...
Army National Guard Halts Payments for Soldier Student Loans After Funding Snafu The issue is isolated within the Student Loan Repayment Program, or SLRP -- one of the key incentives for joining the part...
Pentagon Defends Abortion Policy Ahead of Senate Fight over Defense Bill Republicans are pushing for a vote on an amendment from Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, that would reverse the Pentagon's abortion...
One Detainee Killed and 2 Others Critically Injured in Dallas ICE Facility, Homeland Security Says A shooter with a rifle opened fire from a nearby roof onto a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement location in Dallas on...
Pentagon Adds Exemptions to Requirement for All Troops to Get the Flu Shot The Pentagon has stepped back from the policy that requires all troops to get the flu shot every year by introducing...
Travis Decker, Man Accused of Killing His Daughters, Is Dead, US Marshals Service Reportedly Says The hunt for Travis Decker, an Army veteran accused of killing his three young daughters near Leavenworth, Washington, could...
Man Arrested on Suspicion of Trying to Board Camp Pendleton Helicopter with Lit Flare A civilian holding a lit flare tried to board a Marine Corps helicopter while the aircraft was sitting on a Camp Pendleton...
Hegseth Abruptly Summons Top Military Commanders to a Meeting in Virginia Next Week The directive did not offer a reason for the gathering Tuesday of senior commanders of the one-star rank or higher and their...
![Veterans and family fill the pews in a church.](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-07/military%20VA%20Tennessee%20Valley%20VetFest%20chapel%201800%20x%201200.jpeg.jpg?itok=sLHWS79C "The VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System held a "Summer VetFest" event at Walnut Street Church of Christ in Dickson, Tenn., Aug. 20, 2023, to provide information about PACT Act toxic exposure benefits to veterans and the survivors of deceased veterans. (VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System via Facebook)")
