Sailors Can Finally Use New Family Leave Policy After Weeks of Delays, While Soldiers Still Wait The Navy finally released its formal policy memo outlining new parental leave benefits built into a federal law that went...
Military Families Stressed by Delay in Parental Leave Rules from the Army, Navy and Marine Corps The services need to issue specific guidance to their formations before the rules can be used by the rank and file.
'Widow's Tax' on Survivors Will Be Completely Gone as of Feb. 1 Benefit Checks The surviving spouses of military retirees who receive income from two separate benefit programs will no longer have their...
More Than One-Third of Tricare Patients Have Limited or No Access to a Psychiatrist, Study Finds Those stationed or retired in military areas face the largest shortages, according to a new study.
Pentagon Unveils New Parental Leave Policy After Delay Caused Uncertainty for Troops Both parents are now offered up to 12 weeks of leave after welcoming a new child, as well as any doctor-approved convalescent...
New Clinic for Military Families Exposed to Red Hill Fuel a 'Dog and Pony Show,' Patients Say The Defense Health Agency established a facility this week for Pearl Harbor-area residents who consumed tainted water, but...
'Chaos' for Service Members and Spouses After Pentagon Misses Deadline for Parental Leave Policy Military service members and their spouses are growing angry after the Department of Defense missed its Jan. 1 deadline to...
12-Week Military Parental Leave Benefit Will Be in Place by January The leave will be non-chargeable, meaning it doesn't count against other leave allowances.
Retirees to Get a Second Chance to Enroll In or Opt Out of the Survivor Benefit Plan Military retirees who opted out of the Survivor Benefit Plan will get a rare second chance to enroll.
Defense Department Raises On-Base Child Care Fees Pentagon officials cited staff recruitment and retention as reasons for the increases.
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
The Best Amazon Black Friday Week 2024 Deals for Service Members, Veterans and Their Families America’s favorite shopping holiday isn’t just a single day, or even a weekend, anymore. Here’s how U.S. service members...
Army Offers $15,000 Reward for Info on Missing Guns and Other Gear at Fort Moore Army investigators are still searching for 31 M17 pistols that disappeared from Fort Moore, Georgia, earlier this year, but...
GOP Senator Stalls Promotion of General Who Became Symbol of Afghanistan Withdrawal Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue, who has been nominated to receive a fourth star and take command of U.S. Army forces in Europe...
House Approves Wide-Ranging Veterans Bill After Bipartisan Compromise Reached A wide-ranging veterans policy bill that would bolster home caregiver programs and support for homeless veterans, among other...
