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.
Trump Calls for Using US Cities as 'Training Ground' for Armed Forces in Unusual Speech to Generals President Donald Trump proposed using American cities as training grounds for the armed forces, with U.S. military might...
Government Shutdown Begins as Nation Faces New Period of Uncertainty Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and...
Hegseth Wants 'Male Standard' for Combat Roles. Many Female Veterans Say That's Already the Case Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in an address to the military’s top leaders waded back into a topic that nearly derailed his...
Did Sherrill Violate Naval Academy’s Honor Code? Classmates Speak out About Notorious Cheating Scandal Mikie Sherrill, a New Jersey Democratic congresswoman running for governor, says she did not cheat but was penalized because...
Friends of Former Marine Church Shooting Suspect Say He Long Carried Hatred Toward Mormon Faith Friends of the man accused of killing four people after opening fire in a Michigan church say he long harbored animosity...