Military Retirees and Dependents With ID Cards That Don’t Expire Need to Get Replacements Within 4 Years The Defense Department began the effort to update IDs to the new format in July 2020, but the changeover hit delays caused by...
Military Families Less Likely to Recommend Joining Up, Survey Finds The number of personnel and family members who would recommend joining the military has declined in the past two years.
155,000 Military Health System Patients to Be Pushed to Civilian Care Starting This Year Under a revised plan to realign many military hospitals and clinics to serve mainly active-duty personnel, some family...
'You Shouldn't Choose Between Having a Career and a Family': Army Approves Sweeping New Parenthood Policies The new directives will affect 400,000 soldiers who are also parents, including 29,000 single fathers.
New Reserve Maternity Leave Policy Issued by Pentagon 18 Months After Congressional Order The services began rolling out their policies earlier this year; the benefit is retroactive to the dates established by the...
Nonprofits Are Filling a Void of Fertility Help for Service Members, But Hope Congress Steps Up Advocates say the Defense Department should be more proactive with fertility services for young service members to prevent...
Access Woes and Missing Information Plague TSP Website Redesign A recent update to the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) website has left the system hard to log into, confusing and missing basic...
Target Just Announced a New Military Discount for the 4th of July A new Target military discount for the 4th of July will give veterans, active-duty, and Guard and Reserve service members and...
Troop Leave for Abortion Services Would Be Protected in House Defense Spending Bill House Democrats are moving to ensure service members can take leave to get an abortion ahead of the Supreme Court's expected...
Military Moves, School Enrollment and Spouse Employment Were Upended by Tuberville Promotions Blockade For the bulk of 2023, Tuberville placed the hold on all nominations for general and flag officers, which must be approved by...
Navy Officer Charged with Murdering Wife Last Year in Japan Hotel The family of Jesse Olsen said the Navy has provided little support since notifying Olsen's parents of the news.
Pentagon Will Use Health Screenings, Commanders to Ferret Out Trans Troops for Separations Despite the unresolved legal challenge, defense officials now say that they plan to utilize the military's regular health...
'They Don't Care About My Kids': Marine Families Take Military to Court After Child Abuse at Yuma Day Care In November, the families filed a federal tort claim, which allows individuals to litigate against the government. The filing...
One Trillion Dollars?! Nine Charts to Help Demystify the Pentagon's Budget Golden Dome, shipbuilding, warrior ethos: Here’s your primer to start following the Defense Department’s billions.
