New Benefit Pays for Troops, Civilian Employees to Ship Breast Milk While on Official Travel The Air Force Women's Initiative Team pressed for the new policy for two and a half years.
VA Wants to Give More Vets Access to Infertility Treatments, Drop Copays for Contraception The department has asked for more than $35 million in its 2023 budget to cover the cost of contraceptives and expand injured...
Air Force and Space Force Will Now Allow Troops Up to 35 Days Off for Fertility Treatments The policy update is the latest Department of the Air Force directive aimed at more progressive changes accommodating women...
Pentagon Won't Merge Commissaries and Exchanges, for Now In a memo issued April 4, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said savings and operational efficiency can be achieved in...
Senators Want Tricare to Cover Eating Disorders for Retiree Families A bipartisan group of senators wants the military's health insurance to extend coverage for binge eating, anorexia, bulimia...
Staff Shortages and Burnout Topped Challenges for Military Hospitals in Pandemic, Watchdog Finds Delays in care related to COVID-19 and issues with transfers to civilian or other military health facilities led to at least...
With Hour-Long Drives and Weeks Until Appointments, Pregnant Military Women Feel Pain of Medical Reforms Officials say the Jacksonville area has enough obstetricians and gynecologists to serve military dependents off base, but...
Does My College Student Still Have Tricare? Does a military dependent who is in college part time still qualify for Tricare under his or her parents?
'Dehumanizing:' Why Veterans Are Giving Up on the Caregiver Program After Surge of Expulsions Many caregivers say they lack energy to appeal their dismissals from a VA program designed to help them care for injured...
They Spent Years Caring for Their Veterans. Now They Are Losing a Lifeline A review by the Department of Veterans Affairs of a program that gives stipends to veterans' caregivers is removing thousands...
Caregivers Sue VA over Denial of Benefits Survivors of veterans who died from service-connected conditions have filed a class action seeking changes to a VA practice...
Marine Corps Ranks: A Complete Guide to Enlisted and Officer Ranks Explore U.S. Marine Corps ranks from private to general. Learn rank structure, pay grades, insignia and promotion paths in...
Homeowners Say the Army Corps and its Contractors Mishandled LA Fire Debris Cleanup More than 800 complaints were submitted to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hotline dedicated to the agency's debris removal...
Japan Marks End of World War II as Survivors Remember Wartime Emperor's Surrender Speech 80 Years Ago A national ceremony will begin at Tokyo’s Budokan hall at noon, the same time then-Emperor Hirohito’s 4½-minute prerecorded...
Flights Restricted over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Ahead of Trump-Putin Summit North American Aerospace Defense Command issued a statement saying it would be enforcing Federal Aviation Administration...
