Defense Bill Would Add 3 New Diseases to Agent Orange Presumptive Conditions List The measure would give 34K vets with hypothyroidism, bladder cancer or Parkinsonism access to compensation and care.
Retirees Must Start Paying for Tricare Select Now or Lose Coverage in January Start an allotment now so you don’t risk losing health insurance coverage.
43 House Democrats Join Call for More Restrictions on Transfer of Military Gear to Police The military-to-law enforcement transfer program was established by Congress in the 1997 version of the NDAA.
Senators Push to Extend Care to 34,000 More Veterans for Agent Orange Diseases As Congress' year draws to an end, senators have ramped up efforts to add to the list of illnesses linked to herbicide use.
Service Chiefs to SecDef: Stop the Handover of Military Hospitals to Defense Health Agency The heads of the U.S. military branches called for the return of all military hospital already transferred to the DHA.
Senate Passes $740 Billion Defense Policy Bill with Troop Pay Raise In addition to funding hardware and programs, the proposed legislation contains a 3% pay raise for uniformed personnel.
Lawmakers Try to Expand List of Diseases Eligible for Agent Orange Benefits They would add three diseases to the VA's Agent Orange presumptives list but leave off hypertension.
Lawmakers Advance $695B Defense Bill, Include Money to Change Confederate Base Names The fiscal 2021 defense funding bill would also fund a 3% troop pay raise.
House Bill Would Ban the Confederate Flag from All US Military Properties, Rename Bases The amendment would prohibit display of the flag on all installations, workplaces and common and public areas.
HASC Chairman's Top NDAA Priorities: Improving Racial Equality and Fixing Health Care The House defense policy bill contains a cluster of provisions to improve opportunities for minorities in the armed forces.
Navy Calls Off Search for Sailor Who Went Overboard During Exercise Near Australia The sailor, assigned to the USS George Washington, was reported missing on Monday afternoon local time, and the Navy...
Army Puts Political Operative in Charge of Public Affairs, Stoking Concerns of Creeping Partisanship While it's not unusual for political hands to manage messaging at the highest levels of the Pentagon, the ongoing change to...
Texas Man Who Fled to Russia to Escape ‘Woke’ America Sent to Front Line of War, Wife Says Derek Huffman, his wife, DeAnna, and their three daughters, ages 10 to 12, moved to a small town outside Moscow earlier this...
NTSB Finds Army Black Hawk in Fatal Midair Crash with Plane Was Above Altitude Limit Investigators have found that a helicopter involved in a deadly crash with a passenger plane over Washington was flying above...
Trump Is Vetting Top General Nominees. It Could Be Seen as a Loyalty Test. President Donald Trump is now meeting with four-star general nominees personally, a notable departure from past practices...