New Benefit Pays for Troops, Civilian Employees to Ship Breast Milk While on Official Travel The Air Force Women's Initiative Team pressed for the new policy for two and a half years.
How to Get Military Caregiver Pay from Medicaid Every state and the District of Columbia offer some program through Medicaid to let clients choose a family caregiver who is...
VA Wants to Give More Vets Access to Infertility Treatments, Drop Copays for Contraception The department has asked for more than $35 million in its 2023 budget to cover the cost of contraceptives and expand injured...
Free or Discounted Summer Camps for Military Kids It's time to start thinking about summer camp! Here are some camps that are free or reduced price for military kids.
How Military Spouses Can Get Reimbursed for Professional License Fees How can you take advantage of the military spouse professional license reimbursement rule? Here's how.
Air Force and Space Force Will Now Allow Troops Up to 35 Days Off for Fertility Treatments The policy update is the latest Department of the Air Force directive aimed at more progressive changes accommodating women...
Pentagon Won't Merge Commissaries and Exchanges, for Now In a memo issued April 4, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said savings and operational efficiency can be achieved in...
Care Packages for Troops: Organizations That Help Want to send care packages for troops? These non-profits will hook you up with a place to donate or help sending care...
Staff Shortages and Burnout Topped Challenges for Military Hospitals in Pandemic, Watchdog Finds Delays in care related to COVID-19 and issues with transfers to civilian or other military health facilities led to at least...
With Hour-Long Drives and Weeks Until Appointments, Pregnant Military Women Feel Pain of Medical Reforms Officials say the Jacksonville area has enough obstetricians and gynecologists to serve military dependents off base, but...
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...
