Army Expects Ebola Deployments to West Africa to be Six Months Ebola related deployments to Africa are expected to be about six months long, an Army spokesman said, although an official...
450 US Troops Returning from Ebola Deployments The Pentagon said Thursday that 450 U.S. service members are in the process of returning home from their deployments to West...
Study: Risk of Child Abuse, Neglect Increases after Deployment Army toddlers are at an increased risk of abuse and neglect during the six months after a parent’s first deployment...
Tricare Users Must Approve Mail-Order Drug Prescription Renewals Receiving prescription drugs through Tricare's mail-order system will soon require an extra step for users.
LOG PT for Spec Ops Training Log PT is painful. So are the boat carries. These events will beat you down and get you boarded out of BUDS if you are not...
Hagel Mulls Banning Smoking in Military Defense Secretary Hagel gave his support to moves by the services to consider banning tobacco sales on bases and ships.
Hagel: Military Health Care Acceptable Despite Safety Alarms A lengthy review found that Military Health System provided average care meeting national standards to active duty service...
Troop Estimate for Ebola Fight Boosted to 4,000 or Higher The Pentagon raised the estimate for the number of troops needed to battle Ebola in West Africa to 4,000 or more.
US Military Pushes to Ramp Up Ebola Response Following Criticism More than 300 troops are in Liberia while the rest are in Senegal, which is projected to serve as a staging base.
General Says Troops Will Test Blood of Potential Ebola Patients The head of AFRICOM said that a small number of the troops sent to Africa were testing the blood of potential Ebola victims.
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...
