Navy Publishes New Guidance for Fitness 'Spot Checks' The Navy released further guidance with details on how to administer body composition assessments, and how to conduct BCA...
Tricare to Let Military Families Get Urgent Care Without Preapproval Some Tricare users will soon be allowed to use in-network urgent care providers without receiving any authorization.
Tricare May Boost Allowance for Urgent Care Visits Without Referrals DoD's Tricare program may increase the number of urgent care visits some beneficiaries can access without a referral.
Many Tricare Users to Pay Enrollment Fee under Congressional Proposal Many Tricare users would face annual enrollment fees in a newly named plan under a draft proposal released Monday by the...
Department of Defense Increases Zika Virus Research Funding The Pentagon is stepping up its Zika virus surveillance efforts by pumping an extra $1.76 million into research labs.
Some Civilian Docs May Still Have No Access to MilFam Health Records Currently, non-active duty patients must hand-carry records to off-base doctors if they wish them to transfer.
California Law Raises Smoking Age, but Exempts Military All was quiet aboard California Marine and Navy bases Thursday as a new law raising the age to purchase cigarettes from 18 to...
Study: Military Spouses Are Sleep Deprived Think the stress of military life makes it harder to sleep? It's probably not just your imagination.
Military Freezing Mosquitoes to Guard Against Zika Virus Mosquitoes are being frozen at Fort Benning and other posts as part of the military's effort to combat the Zika virus.
In Contract Shift, Tricare Consolidates Coverage Regions The Tricare health care program for families and vets will consolidate its regions from three to two under a pair of...
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...
