Tricare West Region Beneficiaries Urged to Change Payment Information Before Jan. 1 The contract transfer to TriWest Healthcare Alliance requires beneficiaries to update their recurring payment information for...
Defense Bill Mandates Changes to Weapons, Other Steps to Protect Troops' Brain Health Members of Congress in both parties have been increasingly concerned about traumatic brain injuries, or TBI, among service...
Here Are Your BAH Rates for 2025 The 2025 BAH rates (or Basic Allowance for Housing) are designed to meet current housing costs.
No More Copays: Defense Bill Set to Sign Off on Free Birth Control for Military Families Free birth control will be available to all Tricare users after more than a decade of efforts to eliminate copays for...
Army Cuts Popular Education Benefit in Half, Bars Officers as Costs Soar The Army is dramatically scaling back one of its most generous education benefits, the Credentialing Assistance program known...
Defense Bill with Massive Junior Enlisted Raise, Restriction on Health Care for Trans Military Kids Passes House Despite anger from Democratic lawmakers at language that would restrict health care for transgender children of service...
Navy Overhaul of Exceptional Family Member Program Raises Concerns over Ditching Categories Months after sending a letter to families forecasting the change, the Navy has formally announced the revamp of its...
Tricare Changes are Coming in 2025. Here’s What Beneficiaries Need to Know Right Now Tricare beneficiaries need to be aware of changes taking place in both the East and West regions and may need to take action...
Military Suicides Rose in 2023, Continuing Upward Trend Pentagon Sees as 'Real Change' Defense Department Suicide Prevention Office staff said the DoD is making unprecedented investments in suicide prevention in...
Tricare Costs Are Going Up Again in 2025 Military and retiree households will pay more for Tricare in 2025, with most increases in the 2% to 3% range.
Veterans Who Lack Citizenship Fear Being Swept Up in Trump's Deportations Veterans are often promised that military service will be a fast-track to U.S. citizenship for themselves and their family...
How This Female Pilot Beat the Odds and Flew for the Air Force Thunderbirds Retired Air Force fighter pilot Michelle Curran flew for the Thunderbirds demonstration team from 2019 through 2021.
New Mexico's Health Care Crisis Is Forcing Military Personnel to Decline Assignments At New Mexico's three Air Force bases — Kirtland in Albuquerque, Cannon near Clovis and Holloman outside of Alamogordo — the...
The Future of Crewless Naval Warfare Is Being Built in New England This year’s Big Beautiful Bill, signed by President Donald Trump in July, allocated several billion dollars toward unmanned...
Department of Defense Memo Proposes Sweeping Reorganization of Acquisition Work A recent memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proposes a sweeping reorganization of defense acquisition work that would...
