Beneficiaries Outside Drive Time Standard No Longer Need Waiver to Stay in Tricare Prime New Tricare contracts that went into effect Jan. 1 changed the policy to allow those who move to a location more than 30...
Hundreds of Students at Military Base Schools Walk Out to Protest Trump Administration’s Anti-Diversity Policies The walkouts, which included about a dozen schools on U.S. military bases in Europe, Asia and at least one stateside...
Free Lifetime National Parks Passes for Veterans and Gold Star Families: Do You Have Yours Yet? The pass is an expansion on the annual free pass for currently serving troops and their families, and grants free access to...
No More Family Days for Air Force, Space Force: Extra Leave Canceled for 2025 Airmen and Space Force Guardians have had their scheduled family days for 2025 canceled after officials said the extra days...
Top Enlisted Leaders Say They Support Extending Parental Leave Period to 2 Years Two House lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require the Defense Department to standardize parental leave policies...
Pentagon Hiring Freeze Hits Army, Space Force Base Day Care Centers in Colorado Day care centers at Peterson Space Force Base and Fort Carson in Colorado are disenrolling some families and pausing...
How Navy SEAL-Doctor-Astronaut Jonny Kim Used 'Generous' Military Benefits to Help His Career Take Off Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jonny Kim, now a NASA astronaut, wants people to know "how generous" military benefits are, "how much they do...
Enroll in DoD's New Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts Starting March 3 Military service members can set aside up to $3,300 tax free for medical expenses starting in 2025, the first time the...
Marine Corps Updates Child Care Program with Guidelines on Abuse Reporting, Staffing, Disabilities The Marine Corps' Child and Youth Program is intended to provide "high-quality and affordable" child care to support families...
Tricare Again Extends Deadlines for Beneficiaries in Western US After Contract Change The transition to a new Tricare management contractor has been anything but smooth for many health care providers and...
Army Enlisted Academy Bars Students from Writing About Women and Minorities The 10-month Sergeants Major Academy at Fort Bliss, Texas, includes multiple major projects in its curriculum, including two...
Pentagon Turns Focus to Potentially Privatizing Commissaries, Military Exchanges The Pentagon’s newest push to trim its workforce and spending could mean that on-base grocery stores and shops designed to...
Commander of Greenland Base Who Broke with Vance Fired Shortly After Military.com Report Defense officials moved quickly to fire a Space Force commander in charge of a Greenland military base after a Military.com...
A US Navy Captain Ordered a Military Funeral for a Kamikaze Pilot During WWII. Here's Why Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a U.S. naval captain ordered his battleship to hold a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot...
Trump's Unusual Pick for Joint Chiefs Chairman Approved by Senate in Overnight Vote Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, who President Donald Trump plucked out of retirement to replace the Black general he fired as chairman of...