DoD's Top Doc Calls on Congress to Overturn Law Limiting Discussions on Guns with Service Members The Defense Department's assistant secretary for health affairs said a decade-old provision hinders the physician-patient...
New Air Force Recruits Could Get $65K in Student Loan Repayments The Air Force's loan repayment program will be a "critical benefit," the recruiting service's commander, Maj. Gen. Ed Thomas...
Biggest Military Pay Raise in Decades Proposed by White House The proposal for a 5.2% bump in basic military pay is part of the administration's overall request for $842 billion in...
The New Tricare Pharmacy Contract: Delivering Value for Military Families and Taxpayers Under the new contract, 98% of Tricare beneficiaries live within 15 minutes’ driving time of a network retail pharmacy, and...
Coast Guard Will Let New Moms Defer Assignments for Up to a Year Following Childbirth The service will continue a benefit offered last year to active-duty and reserve personnel, ensuring that pregnant members...
Opt Out or Pay: All Troops to Automatically Get Life Insurance March 1 Military members who don't want Servicemembers Group Life Insurance coverage will have to opt out, or they'll be charged...
Better Housing, Health Care, Pay and a Call for National Service Needed to Buoy Recruitment, Enlisted Chiefs Say The enlisted advisers for the five Department of Defense branches called on Congress to help them advocate for military...
Navy Unveils New Mental Health 'Playbook' That Pushes Leaders to Talk with Sailors Early and Often The release of the new document comes after a year in which the Navy saw several major clusters of suicides.
Top Enlisted Sailor Says Service Members Should Be Able to Access Mental Health Care Without a Referral During a hearing before a House Appropriations subcommittee, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy James Honea said the...
Army Urges Soldiers to Check Their Records in New HR System After String of Glitches Fewer than half who now have access to the program have taken a look at their data, officials said.
Army Ends Most Barracks Maintenance at Fort Cavazos Amid Federal Cuts One of the Army's largest installations has disbanded its teams responsible for routine and preventative maintenance of...
Hegseth Wants to Rename 8 Naval Ships. Here Are the Stories Behind Their Namesakes After Military.com's reporting, CBS confirmed the defense secretary's plans to rename seven other naval ships who honor civic...
White House Asked Joint Chiefs Chairman for Candidates to Lead NASA, Worrying Experts The White House made the unusual move of reaching out to Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for advice on...
What it Would Take to Convert a Jet From Qatar into Air Force One to Safely Fly Trump Air Force One has to have the highest level of classified communications, anti-jamming capabilities and external protections...
Navy Man Charged with Firing Gun in Downtowns of 2 Connecticut Cities In both cases, Harper is now charged with illegal discharge of a firearm, first-degree reckless endangerment and carrying a...
