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...
Air Force Chief's Sudden Retirement Raises Question of 'Who Is Next' in Leadership Shake-Up Policy experts told Military.com that the departure raises alarm amid other leadership changes within the Department of the...
Pentagon Drops Coverage of GLP-1 Weight Loss Meds for Medicare-Eligible Retirees Tricare officials said the Defense Health Agency is eliminating coverage for its Tricare for Life beneficiaries and others to...
New Work Rules Could Deny Food Stamps to Thousands of Veterans Able-bodied SNAP recipients who are between 18 and 54 and don't have children have always been required to work. Veterans...
Trump's Federal Law-Enforcement Crackdown Ripples Through DC Neighborhoods The White House has credited Trump's crackdown with hundreds of arrests, while local officials have criticized the aggressive...
How an Australian Potato Farmer Changed Running Forever Released in 2013, the movie “Cliffy” chronicles Australian Cliff Young’s rise from a potato farmer to an ultramarathoner and...
![Armed Officers place handcuffs on a man northwest Washington DC](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-08/ApNewsroom_Trump_District_of_Columbia_24487.jpg?itok=T5TLCvbv "Armed Officers place handcuffs on a man from within an apartment complex, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, in the Petworth neighborhood of northwest Washington. The officers pictured had "Washington Field Office" on their shirts underneath tactical gear that said Police. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)")
