VA Plans to Expand Agent Orange Disability Benefits to Cover Exposure in a Dozen New States In a proposed rule in the Federal Register, the VA said it will now grant presumptive status to veterans with Agent Orange...
Why Flexibility, Mobility and Stability Are So Important to a Successful Fitness Routine If we regularly stretch, move, balance and strengthen our muscles and joints, we will improve our flexibility, mobility and...
New Tricare Contracts to Kick Off in 2025, Promising Improved Quality and Service for Beneficiaries With a legal battle settled over contract decisions, the transition has begun for the companies responsible for managing...
3 Fitness Activities We Need to Keep Doing (or Add to Our Routine) As We Age Risks can be mitigated through the three key activities to longevity: cardiovascular training (activities such as walking...
Meet the Soldiers Who Have Created a Lifesaving Network of Bone Marrow Donations in the Army Spc. Christian Sutton and his team of nearly two dozen other young soldiers have signed up nearly 6,000 troops as potential...
In Reversal, Defense Department Now Wants to Bring Tricare Beneficiaries Back to Military Health System After seven years of reforms that included sending non-active-duty patients to civilian Tricare networks, the Pentagon wants...
Marine Corps Plans Resident Advisers in Barracks and Other Fixes as Gross Facility Photos Surface Online As new images of dismal conditions at a Marine Corps facility appeared online in recent days the service has approved several...
3 Tips to Maintain Your Energy Levels Throughout the Day Here is a list of rituals to add to your day to help “postprandial narcolepsy” from ruining your productivity.
Red Hill Registry Being Planned to Study Long-Term Health Effects of Tainted Water on Hawaii Military Community The Defense Department expects to award a grant to an academic institution this year to establish the database, an official...
How to Avoid the Dangers of Extreme Temperatures If not regulated, extreme temperatures can end your training or mission capability and ultimately lead to organ failure, coma...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
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...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...