Lack of Child Care, Long Unemployment Are Keeping Military Spouses Out of Workforce, Survey Finds Unemployment for spouses of active-duty members has remained at 20% for the last two years.
Air Force and Space Force Will Allow Couples More Time to Decide If They Want to Leave Service After Becoming Parents As of March 1, each parent now will have up to 12 months to request separation after a birth or adoption.
More than a Thousand Military Families in Hawaii Stuck in Hotels Through the Holidays More than 1,600 military families will spend the holidays in hotels, while an additional 2,200 can't drink the water in their...
Military Families File Lawsuit over Water Contamination in Hawaii The plaintiffs are suing the private companies that manage base housing, instead of the Navy, which manages the water system.
Sailors, Marines to Get an Extra Week of Leave to Welcome New Baby The sea services announced that members will be authorized 21 days for secondary caregiver leave, bringing the benefit in...
Change That Would Simplify Transferring GI Bill Benefits to Spouses, Children Gains Foothold in Congress The bill would eliminate a field on forms service members must fill out to transfer their benefits that is the "cause of many...
Commissaries Eye Grocery Delivery to Homes Near 8 Military Installations A spokesman declined to say when the pilot would start, but a contract solicitation indicates it could be within a year.
Navy and Marine Corps Starting to Inspect All Privatized Military Housing The fiscal 2020 defense bill requires the services to have independent inspectors examine military housing for health and...
'Unwavering, Staggering' Military Spouse Unemployment Could Change After Pandemic With the increase in remote work, spouses found stability and opportunities they hadn't seen before.
Lawmakers Want the Pentagon to Waive Tricare Copays on Birth Control Services The effort, sponsored by California Democrat Rep. Jackie Speier, would further align the Tricare health program with the...
Man Charged with Assaulting Border Patrol Agent with Sandwich in DC Is an Air Force Veteran A man accused of throwing a sandwich at an immigration enforcement officer during President Donald Trump's federal takeover...
Gold Star Widow Fighting to Be Buried Next to Husband Has New Evidence A Vietnam War veteran’s widow and her family have uncovered a letter they say provides irrefutable evidence that she had a...
Zelenskyy, Trump Express Hope for Trilateral Talks with Putin to Bring End to Russia-Ukraine War Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is bringing with him to the White House an extraordinary cadre of European leaders to...
Three Republican-Led States to Send Hundreds of National Guard Troops to Washington West Virginia said it was deploying 300 to 400 Guard troops, while South Carolina pledged 200 and Ohio says it will send 150...
New Air Force Policy Denies Transgender Troops Hearings Before They're Discharged It is the second policy change the Air Force has taken in recent weeks to crack down on transgender service members.