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...
Plan to Slash Military Medical Billets Based on Faulty Analysis, Federal Watchdog Says A 2019 proposal to trim 10,739 medical personnel from the ranks failed to use the criteria it developed to assess wartime...
Navy, Marine Corps Roll Out 'Brandon Act' Policy to Improve Members' Access to Mental Health Treatment The policy, based on a law honoring a sailor who died by suicide, goes into effect immediately.
Canceled Bonuses, Delayed Moves: Air Force Cash Problems Trigger Cuts Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles "C.Q." Brown, told lawmakers during his confirmation hearing that the service is...
Growth of SkillBridge Transition Program Paused After Overwhelming Popularity The Pentagon has temporarily stopped accepting new civilian employers into the SkillBridge career transition program during...
Army Major Lost Gold Star Families' Life Insurance Money While Enriching Himself, Feds Say Federal authorities said that Caz Craffy misappropriated money between 2018 and 2022 that he was supposed to be investing...
5 New Genetic Diagnostic Tests to Be Covered by Tricare The DoD's laboratory-developed test pilot program has been extended for five years.
Advocates Say More Change Is Needed After Pentagon Releases New Exceptional Family Member Plan The Exceptional Family Member Program, which connects military families with necessary resources for kids and adults who have...
The Email Chain Heard 'Round the Corps: Top Enlisted Leader Makes Surprise Visit to Corporal's Graduation Cpl. Andrew Hundley never expected fame, but after becoming a Marine Corps sensation overnight, he wields it with humility...
Retired Rear Admiral Who Served Under Trump Warns of Plans to Politicize Military Justice System Retired Rear Adm. Jim McPherson warned that the Trump administration and leaders in the Pentagon have politicized the...
Pentagon Proposes Ending 14 Advisory Panels, Including Historic Committee Focused on Women in the Services As part of a review to determine whether the boards provide value and contribute to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's vision...
Army Faces Backlash over Plan to Divert Barracks Funds to Border Mission The decision, reported last week by Military.com, would gut a key portion of the Army's Facilities Sustainment, Restoration...
US Soldier Gets 23 Years for Killing His Pregnant Wife with a Machete And Dumping Her in the Trash Pfc. Dewayne Johnson II pleaded guilty earlier in the week to voluntary manslaughter, obstruction of justice and providing...
![Aircrew Aviation Electrician's Mate Striker Brandon Caserta, 21, died by suicide on June 25, 2018. An investigation found that leadership at Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28 in Norfolk, Virginia, "contributed" to his decision to take his own life. (Photo courtesy of the Caserta family](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2019-06/brandon-caserta-2400.jpg?itok=G3KKbaqh "Aircrew Aviation Electrician's Mate Striker Brandon Caserta, 21 died by suicide on June 25, 2018. An investigation found that leadership at Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28 in Norfolk, Virginia, "contributed" to his decision to take his own life. (Photo courtesy of the Caserta family)")
![Military funeral honors with funeral escort at Arlington National Cemetery](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-07/mil-military-funeral-honors-arlington-1200.jpg?itok=y3atdZNv "Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Caisson Platoon, and the U.S. Army Band, "Pershing's Own" conduct military funeral honors with funeral escort at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., March 24, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser)")
