Pentagon Switches Gears on COVID-19 Testing, Plans to Screen All Members As testing supplies more become available, the Defense Department hopes to start screening personnel who don't have symptoms.
US Moves to Pull 1,000 Contractors from Afghanistan as It Tests Planes for Mass Evacuation The U.S. has decided to withdraw 1,000 contractors from Afghanistan to avoid the COVID-19 threat.
New Agreement Will Make it Easier for Doctors to Access Military, Veteran Health Records The DoD has joined the VA on an agreement that increases their ability to share patient medical information.
Military 'Spear Phishing' Scams Surge as Pentagon Shifts to Telework A surge in "spear phishing' scams has caused trouble for the military as many DoD personnel switch to telework.
It's Official: Most Zoom Versions Now Off-Limits to the Military The popular free video conferencing application Zoom is now officially off-limits to DoD personnel.
One-Third of the DoD’s Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Are in the ICU That number includes a sailor from the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt.
'Too Early to Tell' When PCS Moves Will Restart, Pentagon Officials Say During a webcast, top leadership said they have been discussing who will receive priority when military moves resume.
Russia and China Are Spreading Lies About Coronavirus, Pentagon Says U.S. Defense Department officials on Thursday outlined foreign attempts to spread disinformation on the novel coronavirus.
New Military Policy Spells Out Who Can Be Tested for COVID-19 A new DoD testing guidance explains who should be tested and when service members and civilians can return to work.
DoD Considers Stop-Loss Order to Maintain Troop Levels During Pandemic The Pentagon is looking at the possibility of "stop-loss" orders to aid the fight against the coronavirus.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
