Fully Vaccinated Sailors Can Make Some Port Calls, Ditch Masks and Cut Quarantines Anyone who has declined the vaccine or hasn't built up antibodies through an infection will still be required to sequester...
Navy Needs More Mental Health Specialists, Top Civilian Says Sailors would get easier access to mental health providers in their own units under a new plan from Acting Navy Secretary...
Free Health Care for All Troops Is Key Priority, National Guard General Tells Congress Lack of easy access to mental health services may be compounding the suicide issue in the National Guard, its top officer...
Bill Would Expand Paid Parental Leave for All New Military Parents Under newly proposed legislation, both primary and secondary caregivers would be eligible for up to 12 weeks of leave.
Where Veterans and Military Members Can Get Freebies After Their COVID Vaccines From national to local, many retailers are offering discounts and free stuff to those who have gotten the COVID vaccine.
Pentagon Shipping More Moderna Doses Overseas to Cover Loss of J&J Vaccine The Defense Department's COVID task force has decided to reallocate 30,000 doses of the two-shot Moderna vaccine to overseas...
National Guard Therapy Dog Dies Weeks After Earning Alaska Commendation Medal Sweetface "Nyx" Shelton, a well-loved brindle-furred American Mastiff who served with the Alaska National Guard, died April 9...
Pentagon Halts Use of Vaccine Variant Needed to Immunize Deployed Troops The government's surprise decision could deal a blow to the military's efforts to vaccinate troops in remote locations...
For Decades, Women Were Discharged from the Military for Pregnancy. Now a Lawmaker Wants to Restore Their Benefits A new bill that would require the GAO to investigate why pregnant women were involuntarily discharged from military service...
Army Begins Clinical Trials on Vaccine That May Be Effective Against All Coronaviruses The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research is preparing for a clinical trial, seeking volunteers for a small safety study.
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...
![Sweetface "Nyx" Shelton, a therapy dog.](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2021-04/mil-sweetface-shelton-therapy-dog-1200.jpg?itok=zWOqkS_b "Sweetface "Nyx" Shelton, a therapy dog, attends an Alaska National Guard meeting after being awarded the Alaska Commendation Medal, Mar. 18, 2021, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (U.S. Army/Petty Officer 2nd Class Victoria Granado)")
