2 Lawmakers Trying to Expand Access to Outside Doctors for Vets Despite VA Push to Rein in Costs Sen. Jerry Moran, the Veterans Affairs Committee ranking member, and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema are introducing a bill that would...
Army Not Tweaking Fitness Test After Uncertainty Over Gender Standards The annual defense authorization bill passed in December directed the Army to set the same fitness standards for men and...
There Are Too Many Generals and Admirals, a Senator Stalling Military Promotions Argues While a single senator cannot prevent confirmations, a hold significantly delays confirmations because the Senate needs to...
Gen. Randy George Picked as Army's Next Chief Amid Senate Holdup Gen. Randy George, the current Army vice chief of staff, was officially nominated last week by Biden to oversee the service...
Veterans Health Care and Benefits Become Flash Points in Debate over Debt Ceiling and Spending Cuts The GOP proposal does not specifically cut VA funding, but it would place a cap on the overall amount of money the government...
Pay Troops At Least $15 Per Hour? A GOP Lawmaker Wants to Raise the Military's Minimum Wage Amid recruiting struggles, military officials have pointed to the fact that some entry-level service industry jobs offer a...
Security Clearances Getting Congressional Scrutiny After Leak Arrest More than 1.3 million government employees and contractors have top secret security clearances, according to an April 2020...
GOP Will Push Forward with Plans to Root Out 'Woke' Military Agenda Top DoD officials and military officers have attempted to swat down GOP attacks that diversity and inclusion efforts are...
Guardsmen, Reservists Would Get Expanded Parental Leave Under Senate Bill On the heels of Congress securing a win for active-duty military parents by expanding their parental leave, a pair of...
Service Members Are Struggling to Afford Housing. This Lawmaker Says She’s Working to Fix the Problem. Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Wash., is hopeful that housing and other issues that affect service members' quality of life...
Trump Reportedly Weighs Immediate Discharge of All Transgender Troops. Here's What That Would Mean. The proposed plan, as first reported by the Times of London, would entail signing an order within days of Trump taking office...
The Best Amazon Black Friday Week 2024 Deals for Service Members, Veterans and Their Families America’s favorite shopping holiday isn’t just a single day, or even a weekend, anymore. Here’s how U.S. service members...
Overseas Troops to See Fewer Sweets, More Sweet Potatoes on Their Holiday Tables This Year For some unexplained reason, the Defense Logistics Agency is shipping 800% more sweet potatoes overseas than it did last...
For Soldiers at Fort Carson, Food Is Scarce As Americans gather for Thanksgiving feasts, soldiers at Fort Carson, Colorado, are contending with a far less festive...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
