The Air Force Is Investigating Cases of Rare Pediatric Brain Cancers. This Isn’t the First Time. The service last month announced an update to an investigation into rare brain cancers at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico...
Tricare Should Cover Newly Approved Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill, Lawmakers Tell Pentagon A group of 34 lawmakers sent a letter to the Pentagon and Defense Health Agency asking them to expand Tricare access to a new...
Red Hill Task Force Says It Removed 3.5 Million Gallons of Fuel in First Day of Drainage The military fuel contaminated local drinking water when it spilled in 2021, forcing families from their homes, angering the...
Army Plans Boost in Barracks Spending as Military Grapples with Squalid Living Conditions The Army is crafting a new plan to improve barracks following mold and health issues, as well as a damning report from a...
Not Just Troops: Military Health Care Sets Course to Improve Health Care for All Patients, Director Says The previous message didn't reflect where the military health system is moving following years of reform, said Army Lt. Gen...
Racial Inequities in Military Health System Less Than General Population, But Gaps Exist, Study Finds A review of existing studies found lower rates for Blacks for maternal monitoring and reproductive care but higher rates of...
Camp Lejeune Water Victims Offered Quicker Payout Option by Navy and Justice Department Under the so-called "elective option" claimants can get between $100,000 and $550,000, depending on their diagnosis and how...
Airmen on HIV Drug Can Return to Flight Sooner After Change Championed by LGBTQ+ Advisory Group Under old policies, pilots who wanted to use HIV PrEP could not fly for 30 days when starting the medication. That has...
The 3 Most Widely Abused Substances in Military Life (and How to Regulate Your Intake) Smoking and other tobacco use and binge drinking are higher than the national average in military members, and these habits...
Commissaries Bringing Healthier, Fresh Food Closer to Home for Army Soldiers The Defense Commissary Agency is hoping to expand the new program to the other U.S. military services, officials said last...
Veterans Could Get Free Gun Safes Under Suicide Prevention Proposal Introduced in House Any veteran who wants a lockbox to store their firearm would be able to get one for free from the Department of Veterans...
Army Delays Bonus Pay for Deployed Soldiers The pay bump was due to begin next Tuesday, but Army officials said that all the details of the bonus had never been sorted...
The Air Force Unveiled an Ambitious Reorganization Plan. Can It Survive a Presidential Election? The Department of the Air Force's ambitious reorganization plan designed to keep the Air Force and Space Force competitive...
VA Employee Charged with Threatening Ordered to Wear GPS Monitor A carpenter at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Manchester, N.H., has been released on conditions he wear...
Keesler Command Chief Sacked After Investigation Ordered by Training Wing Colonel The command chief of the 81st Training Wing at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi was removed from his leadership role...