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15% Enlisted Pay Hike, Other Proposed Quality-of-Life Improvements Get Big Boost from House Lawmakers The Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement Act would enact most of the key recommendations from the military quality-of...
Back Pay for Officers Caught in Tuberville Hold Gets Momentum in House, But Guard Bonuses Still Uncertain The House bill mirrors bipartisan legislation unveiled on the Senate floor on Dec. 7 and would pay hundreds of officers who...
A Nurse with an Amputation Hopes to Join the Air Force. A New Bill Could Allow Her to Do So. The "Hannah Cvancara Service Act," a bill introduced by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., would allow amputees interested...
Traumatic Brain Injury Bill Calls for Sweeping Changes in Military Health Care, Training, Safety to Protect Troops The 46-page bill comes amid growing evidence that troops are at risk of exposure to potentially dangerous blasts not just...
'Restore Real Value': House Panel Wants to Give Junior Enlisted Troops 15% Pay Raise The recommendation on boosting paychecks is part of the final report from the House Armed Services Committee's military...
The Forgotten Victims of the First Atomic Blast That ‘Oppenheimer’ Left Out May Finally Get Their Due Robert Oppenheimer and the scientists he recruited to develop the first atomic bomb at Los Alamos were well aware of the...
The Deadline Is Approaching for PACT Act Claims and Lawsuits over Camp Lejeune Water Contamination The window is closing for veterans, families and others to file administrative claims and lawsuits under the Camp Lejeune...
Air Force Overhaul Plan that Brings Back Warrant Officers Draws Scrutiny from Capitol Hill A bipartisan agreement to fund the Pentagon for the remainder of this fiscal year that was approved by Congress included a...
Veteran Toxic Exposure Fund Overhaul Proposal Ignites Fierce Debate over PACT Act Benefits VA officials testified during a hearing on Capitol Hill that they oppose the GOP's proposal, called the Toxic Exposure Fund...
Man Charged with Assaulting Border Patrol Agent with Sandwich in DC Is an Air Force Veteran A man accused of throwing a sandwich at an immigration enforcement officer during President Donald Trump's federal takeover...
Gold Star Widow Fighting to Be Buried Next to Husband Has New Evidence A Vietnam War veteran’s widow and her family have uncovered a letter they say provides irrefutable evidence that she had a...
Zelenskyy, Trump Express Hope for Trilateral Talks with Putin to Bring End to Russia-Ukraine War Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is bringing with him to the White House an extraordinary cadre of European leaders to...
Three Republican-Led States to Send Hundreds of National Guard Troops to Washington West Virginia said it was deploying 300 to 400 Guard troops, while South Carolina pledged 200 and Ohio says it will send 150...
New Air Force Policy Denies Transgender Troops Hearings Before They're Discharged It is the second policy change the Air Force has taken in recent weeks to crack down on transgender service members.
![Hannah Cvancara](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-03/1time-hannah-cvancara-1200.jpg?itok=Fnnzlax_ "The "Hannah Cvancara Service Act" would allow amputees interested in joining the military to serve in medical personnel fields in the National Guard, reserves and on active duty. (Photo courtesy of Hannah Cvancara)")
