'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.
Soldier’s Family Awarded 'Multimillion Dollar' Medical Malpractice Claim From DoD The family of Army Staff Sgt. Alfred "Fred" Brazel has received one of the largest awards to date under a law that allowed...
More Than a Million Tricare Users Must Switch Managers After Massive Contract Decision Tricare beneficiaries in the West Region will get a new managed care contractor in 2024 under a major contract award to...
Applications Are Now Open for the DoD's Paid Private Fellowship Program for Military Spouses The fellowship aims to place "career-ready spouses with civilian employers for 12 weeks of professional training, networking...
Cuts to Stateside Cost of Living Allowances Coming for Service Members as Other Pays Go Up Next year about 1,000 fewer troops will be getting an allowance intended to help them live in expensive parts of America, the...
You're Going to Have to Reconfirm Tricare Mail Order Refills Starting Jan. 1 In an effort to reduce waste and ensure timely refills, Express Scripts will now ask beneficiaries to approve prescription...
Understanding SBP Payments to an Incapacitated Child One feature of the military's Survivor Benefit Plan is the ability to assign benefits to a child, including an incapacitated...
A $13 Million Military Drone Was Lost in the Mediterranean Sea Because the Propeller Fell Off The new details, released late last month by Air Combat Command, revealed some of the circumstances that caused the...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Belongs to an Archconservative Church Network. Here's What to Know. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he's proud to be part of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, an...
'What Was the Point of All of It?': Commission Probing Afghan War Hears from Veterans During what commissioners described as an emotional session, about 20 veterans told their stories to members of the...
Navy Identifies Recruit Who Died at Great Lakes Firing Range Seaman Recruit Kayshawn Wilkerson, 18, died Wednesday following an incident at the base's firing range, according to the Lake...
Coast Guard Commissions New Icebreaker, Sends it Directly to Sea The scheduled ceremony corresponded with the largest deployment ever of Chinese research vessels to the Arctic.
