Military Surgeons Are Losing Medical Skills, Study Says. Could Off-Base Care Be Why? As the number of general surgery procedures done in military hospitals has dropped since 2015, surgical skills have declined...
The Navy Hospital Ship Politicians Want in LA Is Stuck in Maintenance in Portland The Mercy is undergoing a major maintenance overhaul at Portland's Vigor Industrial shipyard, where it has been since July.
Defense Department Restarts Massive Military Health System Overhaul The process had been paused for months during the coronavirus pandemic.
Active-Duty Air Force Teams Deploy to Texas as Fort Bliss Declares Public Health Emergency Three Air Force medical teams are deploying to El Paso, Texas, where area hospitals are overflowing with COVID-19 patients...
She Was the Most Influential Nurse in US Military History She was the first woman to be a commissioned officer in the U.S. military and she ensured other women would be too.
More Than 25,000 Former Soldiers Have Now Volunteered to Return to Duty Now, the service is working to process the horde of volunteers, ensuring those it takes are properly qualified and certified.
Military’s Plan to Cut 18,000 Medical Billets Is on Hold During Pandemic Critics are calling for the Military Health System's overhaul to be reconsidered in the wake of the pandemic.
Security Lapses at US Military Hospitals Put Staff, Patients at Risk, IG Finds Investigation into physical controls at eight military hospitals and clinics found disparities that leave them vulnerable.
Army Researchers Begin Animal Testing of Coronavirus Vaccine The military is also testing a number of drug mixtures that could dampen the severity of the coronavirus' symptoms.
Military Reverses Course, Will Open Field Hospitals to Coronavirus Patients The centers were originally expected to take patients with non-COVID-19 conditions to relieve pressure from hospitals.
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration from Sending National Guard Troops to Oregon A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon at all, after...
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...
Veterans, Who Saw One of Their Own Arrested by ICE and Charged, Say Feds Are Undermining Democracy Days after a 70-year-old Air Force veteran was among five people charged while protesting outside a suburban U.S. Immigration...
As Hegseth Orders Changes to the Pentagon Watchdog, Advocates Say It Will Silence Complaints Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accused the independent watchdog for the Pentagon of being “weaponized” and says he’s...