Restrictions on Transgender Health Care Slipped into Senate's Must-Pass Defense Bill The military would not be able to pay for surgeries for transgender troops under the Senate's version of the must-pass annual...
More than Three-Fourths of Tricare Directories' Mental Health Provider Listings Are Inaccurate, Report Finds The Government Accountability Office found issues with provider information such as specialty, gender, subspecialty, address...
Mental Health Tops List of Reasons Troops Were Hospitalized in 2023, New Reports Find Musculoskeletal injuries remained the top reason service members visited medical facilities, but mental health conditions...
Express Scripts' Tricare Pharmacy Contract Could Be Costing Military Families Money, Lawmakers Warn A bipartisan group of senators and representatives say the company that manages the Defense Department's prescription drug...
Army Makes It Harder for Commanders to Deny Soldiers Leave for Abortions The strict new policies strip company-level commanders, usually a captain, of any authority to deny a soldier's request to...
New Rule Gives Maximum Pell Grants to Children of Fallen Service Members A new rule takes effect July 1 that expands higher education benefits to more children of fallen service members, while also...
Military Dining Halls, Pentagon Failing on Efforts to Offer Nutritious Meals at Bases, Watchdog Says Offering nutritious food at the military's dining facilities has been a major initiative for nearly two decades as Pentagon...
Democrats Push Pentagon on Birth Control for Service Members as Defense Bill Looks to Ease Access As studies show service members continue to struggle to access birth control, a group of Senate Democrats is pushing the...
Active-Duty Families Seek Transparency on Hate Crimes and Racism in Military Communities The Secure Families Initiative says that troops need information on crimes, compassionate moves and school programs to make...
Traumatic Brain Injury Prevention Efforts Included in Must-Pass Defense Bill A growing body of evidence is showing that troops are at risk of exposure to potentially dangerous blasts not just from enemy...
Army Planners Are Weighing Force Reductions of Up to 90,000 Active-Duty Soldiers The Army is quietly considering a sweeping reduction of up to 90,000 active-duty troops, a move that underscores mounting...
Commander of Air Force Weather Wing Fired After Legal Troubles Earlier This Year Col. Joseph Coughlin, commander of the 557th Weather Wing at Offutt, was removed from his position Tuesday "due to a loss of...
Top US General Argues Against Giving Up Command of NATO at Senate Hearing Giving up American military leadership of the NATO alliance would be "problematic," Gen. Christopher Cavoli told senators...
Capitol Hill Wants $15 Billion for Weapons Pentagon Didn’t Seek: Report The spending directions from Congress are included in tables that Republican Defense appropriators sent the department last...
'Psychological Warfare': Veterans Fired from Federal Government Speak Out at Informal Hearing Air Force veteran Shernice Mundell was testifying at a "shadow hearing" organized by Senate Veteran Affairs Committee ranking...
