Guard, Reserve Members Up to 20% Less Likely to Get VA Disability Applications Approved, Watchdog Finds The Government Accountability Office has found that even eligible reserve component members face challenges getting VA...
VA's Automated Benefits System Made Errors in 27% of High Blood Pressure Claims, Watchdog Report Says VA officials said the system was still in its infancy and the technology is evolving.
Bedbugs, Brown Water, Squatters: Military Barracks Blasted over Horrid Living Conditions, Lack of Accountability The Government Accountability Office published the conditions in a scathing new report, confirming complaints made by many...
Pentagon COVID-19 Case Registry Is Riddled with Errors, Watchdog Finds A registry that was intended to help health care providers track patients and steer patient care is missing more than 7,000...
Russian Fronts, Criminal Gangs: US Couldn't Account for Weapons Sent to Ukraine Last Year The schemes were disrupted by Ukraine's security service, but they also show the dangers and potential pitfalls of the $23...
Plan to Slash Military Medical Billets Based on Faulty Analysis, Federal Watchdog Says A 2019 proposal to trim 10,739 medical personnel from the ranks failed to use the criteria it developed to assess wartime...
Missteps by Staff at the St. Louis VA Faulted in Veteran's In-Hospital Suicide An investigation into the 2021 death of Kenneth Hagans found that nurses failed to check on him for more than two hours.
Ukraine Aid Such as Howitzers, Night Vision Goggles Not Properly Tracked by Military DoD "personnel did not have the required accountability of the thousands of defense items that they received and transferred...
Pentagon Isn't Tracking Whether Privatized Housing Is Sickening Families, Watchdog Finds An internal Pentagon inspector general report released Dec. 9 estimated that less than .03% of the department's 211,826...
Pentagon Getting First Senate-Confirmed Watchdog in 7 Years The Senate voted 92-3 to confirm Robert Storch, the current inspector general at the National Security Agency, to become the...
Navajo Corporal Becomes First Marine Authorized to Wear Traditional Native Hair Cpl. Bradford Flores is honoring his culture by growing his hair out -- and the Marine Corps authorized it.
House Approves $2.5 Billion for Junior Enlisted Raises, Which May Be $800 Million Too Little The bill will almost certainly be overhauled before it becomes law since it includes a number of conservative policy riders...
Air Force Veteran Accused of Disclosing Classified Data on Aircraft, Weapons in Latest Military Leak Case The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Florida announced that retired Lt. Col. Paul J. Freeman has been...
JBLM Servicemen Say the Army Didn't Protect Them from a Doctor Charged with Abusive Sexual Contact The 15 servicemen are each seeking $5 million in damages for the emotional distress they say they have suffered.
Express Scripts' Tricare Pharmacy Contract Could Be Costing Military Families Money, Lawmakers Warn A bipartisan group of senators and representatives say the company that manages the Defense Department's prescription drug...