Sergeant Major of the Army Wants Soldiers to Consider Getting Out of Uniform for 3 Years The Career Intermission Program allows officers, warrant officers and noncommissioned officers to take up to a 3-year break.
CDC Now Watching for Cases of Heart Inflammation Following COVID-19 Vaccine A small number of myocarditis cases have been reported to the CDC, including at least 17 in the military population.
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...
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...
![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)")
