Temporary Undersecretary of the Navy Named Meredith Berger will take over for James Geurts, the man who is currently performing the duties of the undersecretary of the...
Navy Reconsidering Plan to Cut Medical Staff in Light of COVID-19 Pandemic The military services are still completing a review of a proposal to cut thousands of billets, according to Rear Adm. Bruce...
Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccines Coming Soon for US Service Members Following FDA Approval The FDA issued approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine; Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said last month he would...
For US Military Leaders, Afghan News Strikes Personal Chord They urged troops to check in on their buddies, talk to each other and seek help and solace if they need it.
Pandemic Prompts Cancellation of DoD's Warrior Games for 2nd Year in Row First held in 2010, the Warrior Games are an adaptive sports competition for wounded, injured and ill service members.
US Forces Dig in at Kabul Airport as Stalemate Complicates Evacuations The Defense Department has no plan to get people trapped in Kabul behind a gauntlet of Taliban checkpoints to the airport.
DoD Records Deadliest Week of the Coronavirus Pandemic; Five Service Members Lost The reported deaths come as the Delta variant spreads, with 4,156 new cases of COVID-19 among troops in the past week alone.
Rush of Troops to Kabul Tests Biden's Withdrawal Deadline The newly arriving troops might have to stay longer if the embassy is threatened by a Taliban takeover.
COVID-19 Was More Widespread in US Military Earlier in the Pandemic Than Previously Thought, Report Finds Samples collected last year show a patient at Wright-Patterson had COVID-19 the same time as a soldier in South Korea was...
Pentagon Requiring COVID-19 Vaccine for US Troops Service members should plan to get a vaccine by mid-September if not earlier, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a memo.
5 Soldiers Wounded in Mass Shooting at Fort Stewart in Georgia Five soldiers were wounded Wednesday morning in a shooting at Fort Stewart in Georgia, one of the highest-profile Army...
VA to Give Veterans One-Year Authorizations to Seek Care from Private Providers in 30 Specialties The move allows veterans to get 12 months of private treatment without having to request a reauthorization.
Air Force Investigating After Security Forces Kill Civilian Who Crashed into Arizona Base Gate An airman from the base's Security Forces Squadron "shot and fatally injured" the civilian after several of the troops used...
Broken Altimeter, Ignored Warnings: Hearings Reveal What Went Wrong in DC Crash that Killed 67 Over three days of sometimes contentious hearings this week, the National Transportation Safety Board interrogated Federal...
Senators Seek Answers on Hawaii Veteran Ordered to Self-Deport U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut have sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem...
