Cockpit Hypoxia 'Number One Safety Issue' for Naval Aviation The US Navy has yet to solve a pattern of hypoxia-like symptoms in the cockpit among pilots of F/A-18 Hornet and EA-18G...
Defense Schools to Require Flu Vaccines for All Students Department of Defense Education Activity public schools soon will require all students worldwide to get an annual flu vaccine...
Navy Launches Suicide Prevention Program Modeled After Marines' Effort A Navy program rolling out next year aims to keep care providers in contact with sailors who have expressed suicidal ideas.
Tricare Pharmacy Network Adds Walgreens, Removes CVS Walgreens will soon rejoin Tricare's pharmacy network for users nationwide, officials announced, while CVS pharmacies will...
Study Links Sailors' Porn Use, Sexual Dysfunction A case study of three service members who saw Navy doctors found their use of pornography to be connected to erectile...
Contractors Sickened By Military Burn Pits Left to Fend for Themselves Civilian workers and private contractors are also suffering maladies and they say they are being ignored.
Health Director: No Evidence Troop Obesity Hurts Readiness avy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono said she had no reason to believe rising percentages of obese troops are creating a readiness...
After Denying Coverage, Reserve Reconsiders Heart Attack Case The Army Reserve has reopened an investigation into whether a reservist's heart attack should be considered "in the line of...
Marine Corps Lifts Ban on Water Activities in Japan A temporary moratorium on ocean water activities for troops within III Marine Expeditionary Force was lifted Nov. 5.
GAO Denies Protest Over Major Tricare Change A plan to consolidate Tricare's three regions into two is set to go ahead after the GAO announced it denied a series 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...
