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...
Lawmakers Look to Make Military Housing More Livable with Annual Defense Bill The requirement is one of several provisions included in the Senate committee's National Defense Authorization Act aimed at...
Ex-Airman Asked 93 Women to Marry Him to Get More Benefits, Feds Say D'Montre Green was indicted and accused by federal officials of wire fraud after contacting nearly 100 women in an alleged...
After Auto Refill Policy Change, Caregivers Can Now Manage Tricare Patients' Online Pharmacy Accounts Tricare has begun letting its users add caregivers to their online Express Scripts pharmacy accounts.
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...
![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)")
