In the Wake of High-Profile Suicides, the Army and Navy Are Trying to Adapt The problem of suicide -- at rates higher than the civilian population -- has been plaguing the military for years.
All Alaska Troops Get a Free Round Trip Home Each Year Under New Policy The Army's 11th Airborne Division is pioneering a new policy aimed at helping soldiers get home to see family at least once...
Staffing Shortages Hit Naval Hospital Okinawa, Causing Chaos for Expecting Moms The Defense Health Agency said last week that service will continue for labor and delivery, but Air Force leaders say...
Troops in Navy, Marine Corps Barracks Guaranteed Right to Healthy, Safe Housing In the past month, the sea services have rolled out new rights for personnel living in unaccompanied officer and enlisted...
Army Says Its Long-Troubled Tuition Payment System Might Finally Be Getting Fixed The University of New Mexico stopped accepting provisional Army tuition payments for its students last month after the...
Horse-Drawn Funerals at Arlington Suspended Until Mid-2024 The time is needed, officials say, to "reset" the program, which has more than half its horses in rehabilitation.
Pentagon Quickly Abandons System Meant to Modernize Official Travel A spokeswoman for the Pentagon said a lower amount of travel than what was anticipated at the start of the contract was part...
House Defense Bill Expected to Expand Food Allowance for Needy Troops The House's draft version of the bill, set for release later this month, is expected to include legislation that would allow...
US Default Could Stop Military Paychecks, But Navy Federal Has a Fix Members of Navy Federal Credit Union could qualify for interest-free loans to bridge the gap of missed pay if the U.S...
VA to Give Veterans One-Year Authorizations to Seek Care from Private Providers in 30 Specialties The move allows veterans to get 12 months of private treatment without having to request a reauthorization.
Air Force Investigating After Security Forces Kill Civilian Who Crashed into Arizona Base Gate An airman from the base's Security Forces Squadron "shot and fatally injured" the civilian after several of the troops used...
Broken Altimeter, Ignored Warnings: Hearings Reveal What Went Wrong in DC Crash that Killed 67 Over three days of sometimes contentious hearings this week, the National Transportation Safety Board interrogated Federal...
Senators Seek Answers on Hawaii Veteran Ordered to Self-Deport U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut have sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem...
Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson Rock On: ‘Our Military Upbringing Helped Us in Many Ways’ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart have never served in any branch of the military. But the...
