VA Won't Cover Gender-Affirmation Surgery for Transgender Veterans Until It Reviews PACT Act Effects The Department of Veterans Affairs will not move forward with covering gender-affirmation surgery for transgender veterans...
Support for Afghan Allies Sidelined Yet Again Despite Push from Veterans The whirlwind couple of weeks has essentially put veterans' efforts back at square one and left Afghans still waiting for the...
Veteran Supporters Finally Get Vote on Bill to Help Afghan Allies, But Its Future Remains Bleak Veterans have been pushing to get a vote on the Afghan Adjustment Act, which would create a process for those evacuated to...
Pentagon Would Have to Study Difficulties of Troops and Spouses Getting Maternity Care Under New Bill Lawmakers hope the bills will ultimately improve access to prenatal, birthing and postpartum care for those covered by...
Pregnant Troops and New Military Moms Would Get Expanded Mental Health Care Under Lawmakers’ Proposal The bill comes after a Government Accountability Office report in 2022 found service members face mental health conditions...
Barracks Repairs, Other Military Quality-of-Life Improvements Slam Into Congress' Upcoming Budget Fight Efforts to replace dilapidated housing and improve service members' quality of life could be kneecapped before they can even...
Here's How New House Speaker Mike Johnson Voted on Veteran and Military Issues Last year Johnson voted against the PACT Act, considered the biggest increase of veterans benefits in a generation.
VA Moves to Educate Vets on Fraud, Scams Amid PACT Act Filings and Camp Lejeune Water Litigation The department rolled out a new website and is weaving prevention messages into veteran outreach, according to officials.
Republican Bill with Massive Boost to Junior Enlisted Pay Sparks Veto Threat from Biden The White House is taking issue with a House Republican proposal to give junior enlisted troops a more than 30% pay bump next...
Army Sparks Outrage with Delay of 'Brandon Act' Implementation More than two months late in implementing a policy that would give soldiers quicker access to a mental health screening, the...
Army Planners Are Weighing Force Reductions of Up to 90,000 Active-Duty Soldiers The Army is quietly considering a sweeping reduction of up to 90,000 active-duty troops, a move that underscores mounting...
Commander of Air Force Weather Wing Fired After Legal Troubles Earlier This Year Col. Joseph Coughlin, commander of the 557th Weather Wing at Offutt, was removed from his position Tuesday "due to a loss of...
Top US General Argues Against Giving Up Command of NATO at Senate Hearing Giving up American military leadership of the NATO alliance would be "problematic," Gen. Christopher Cavoli told senators...
Capitol Hill Wants $15 Billion for Weapons Pentagon Didn’t Seek: Report The spending directions from Congress are included in tables that Republican Defense appropriators sent the department last...
'Psychological Warfare': Veterans Fired from Federal Government Speak Out at Informal Hearing Air Force veteran Shernice Mundell was testifying at a "shadow hearing" organized by Senate Veteran Affairs Committee ranking...