Military Families Have Until March 31 to Get a Health Care Flexible Spending Account The benefit, one of several initiated last September by then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, allows service members to save...
What a Government Shutdown Looks Like for the Military and Veterans A federal government shutdown can have a direct impact on U.S. service members and military families.
Pentagon's Top Doc Defends Military Health System Budget, Lays Out Plans for Improvements Retired Navy officer and military spouse Dr. Steve Ferrara serves as acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs...
Congress Demands Answers from Hegseth on Army Misappropriating Millions Meant for Food A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pressing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for answers on the Army's handling of meal funds...
Military Health System Beneficiaries Urged to Download Old Medical Records by April 1 With the transition to MHS Genesis, the Defense Department is decommissioning the Tricare Online Patient Portal.
Mold Issues, Poor Housing Conditions for Troops Are Rampant. What Can Congress Do? Despite repeated vows from military officials and housing contractors to make sure troops don't have to endure health hazards...
Errors Cost Student Vets GI Bill Benefits. Now, Howard University Is Scrambling to Save VA Funding An investigation by Military.com found a pattern of clerical errors impacting student veterans at Howard University.
Pentagon Scrambles for Fixes as Tricare Beneficiaries in Western US Hit with Contractor Issues Defense Health Agency Director Lt. Gen. Telita Crosland issued an open letter to Tricare beneficiaries acknowledging...
Cold Snap, Flooding Cause Chaos for Patients at Defense Department's Flagship Hospital Temperatures in the low teens and aging infrastructure may be to blame for flooding that affected the Bethesda, Maryland...
Mental Health Providers in Tricare East Go Unpaid After Claims Processor Switch The delay in payments has some wondering whether they can continue providing care to military personnel and their families.
Banned Books, School Walkouts, Child Care Shortages: Military Families Confront Pentagon's Shifting Rules At a public school, the protest might have led to a detention and maybe some revoked after-school privileges. But on a...
Air Force, Navy Warn Troops About Political Speech Amid Trump Administration Changes New memos from the Air Force and the Navy warn troops to watch their political speech online and in person, and even...
Jury Acquits Navy Command Master Chief of Sexually Assaulting Teen Girl A six-member jury has acquitted a career Navy man of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old relative during a sleepover at his...
The 5 Most Realistic Army Movies, According to an Army Historian It might surprise some war movie fans to know that at least one Army historian doesn't think there's anything special about...
The Still-Living Janitor Who Received a 'Posthumous' Medal of Honor Army Pvt. William Crawford was declared killed in action and was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor, which was presented to...
![](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/1time%20thin%20red%20line%201200.jpg?itok=6Vcdpnj3 "The 1998 film "The Thin Red Line" was an adaptation of a World War II veteran's book. (20th Century Studios)")
