Suicides Among US Troops Rose 15% in 2020, With Firearms Closely Tied to Deaths Pentagon officials claimed, however, that compared to previous years, the increase is not statistically significant.
As Monkeypox Outbreak Grows Nationally, Cases Remain Rare in US Military Cases have surged across the country since July 1, but the DoD has had only four diagnoses.
Troops' Abortion Access Will Continue Despite State Bans, Pentagon Vows At least 13 states that are home to about 240,000 service members had "trigger" laws that immediately banned elective...
'Forever Chemicals' Linked to Hundreds of Military Bases Are Unsafe at Any Level, EPA Warns The warning ramps up the urgency of the potential widespread contamination the Pentagon is grappling with at 700 active bases...
Former Obama Official Tapped to Lead Military's Medical School After Its Last President Was Ousted Dr. Jonathan Woodson, a former assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, will take over as president of the school...
Senator Wants DoD Climate Change Goals Locked into Law Sen. Tammy Duckworth is introducing a bill that would set renewable energy goals for the DoD that match targets the military...
Pentagon Marks Earth Day 2022 with Push for Funding to Combat Climate Change The Department of Defense is using the celebration of Earth Day to push for reduced energy consumption across the military.
Unfairly Discharged from the Military? New Review Board Offers One Last Chance at Appeal The Pentagon announced it has created a new route for service members who separated on or after Dec. 20, 2019, to appeal...
Defense Secretary Fires Back at GOP Lawmaker Charging Pentagon with Bad Call on Ukraine and 'Woke-ism' Rep. Matt Gaetz pressed Austin about a lecture on democratic socialism at the National Defense University that became a...
Defense Department Isn’t Reviewing Doctors, Putting Patients in Danger, Watchdog Says The Government Accountability Office has found inconsistencies in the Pentagon’s reviews of provider licenses and evaluations...
Marine Sergeant Sentenced to Confinement, Dishonorable Discharge and Reduction in Rank for Lejeune Killing Dakota Honstein pleaded not guilty and was acquitted of the most severe charge -- murder, also known as Article 118 in...
Here Are All the Big Cuts and Changes Coming to the Army The service's aim is to streamline the force while investing in emerging technologies that Army officials say are critical to...
Problems with Privatized Household Goods Shipments Prompt Hegseth to Order Immediate Changes The directive from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth follows a rash of issues with a contract meant to privatize the Defense...
A Single Server Holds All Navy Pay and Promotion Data. DOGE Canceled a Contract to Upload It to the Cloud. The Navy has been in a yearslong struggle to modernize its critically important human resources computer systems that...
Cots, MREs, Per Diem: Army Offers New Details for Soldiers Sent to Massive D.C. Military Parade Thousands of soldiers flying or busing into Washington, D.C., next month will be sleeping on cots, eating mostly MREs (and...
