Obesity Is Not a Service-Connected Disability: VA You can't blame the military for your girth, according to an official ruling.
VA Now Accepting Applications for New VET TEC GI Bill Program A new high-tech training program is accepting applications. Funding is limited, so apply ASAP.
Pentagon Seeking Survivors to Test Grief Support Apps The apps are designed to help families adapt to loss.
Got a VA Rating? You Can Get a Free Lifetime National Parks Pass Military veterans with a VA disability rating qualify for a free National Parks Access Pass.
LinkedIn Premium Now Free for Veteran Caregivers, Fry Scholars Want a free year of LinkedIn premium? Veteran caregivers and Fry Scholarship users can now snag the freebie.
'Military Update' Ends After 25 Years of Reporting for and About the Military My intent always was to produce clear and accurate explanatory journalism for military and veteran communities.
Armed Forces Retirement Home Accepting Applicants New regulations allow married couples to live in the homes.
As Commissary Sales Plummet, Pentagon Seeks 21 Percent Subsidy Cut The fiscal 2020 defense budget asks Congress to slash funding for commissaries by $271 million, or 21 percent.
The Email Chain Heard 'Round the Corps: Top Enlisted Leader Makes Surprise Visit to Corporal's Graduation Cpl. Andrew Hundley never expected fame, but after becoming a Marine Corps sensation overnight, he wields it with humility...
Retired Rear Admiral Who Served Under Trump Warns of Plans to Politicize Military Justice System Retired Rear Adm. Jim McPherson warned that the Trump administration and leaders in the Pentagon have politicized the...
Pentagon Proposes Ending 14 Advisory Panels, Including Historic Committee Focused on Women in the Services As part of a review to determine whether the boards provide value and contribute to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's vision...
Army Faces Backlash over Plan to Divert Barracks Funds to Border Mission The decision, reported last week by Military.com, would gut a key portion of the Army's Facilities Sustainment, Restoration...
US Soldier Gets 23 Years for Killing His Pregnant Wife with a Machete And Dumping Her in the Trash Pfc. Dewayne Johnson II pleaded guilty earlier in the week to voluntary manslaughter, obstruction of justice and providing...
![A new Wounded Warrior Project survey of more than 33,000 Post-9/11 veterans found that 51.7 percent of the respondents were obese, according to their body max index, or BMI. Of that total, 6.2 percent were rated as "morbidly obese." (Getty Images photo)](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2018-12/obeseman1800.png.jpg?itok=b_MOXvOV "A new Wounded Warrior Project survey of more than 33,000 Post-9/11 veterans found that 51.7 percent of the respondents were obese, according to their body max index, or BMI. Of that total, 6.2 percent were rated as "morbidly obese." (Getty Images photo)")
