Tricare Rate Hikes: Premiums for Young Adults, Retired and Reserve Troops Jump Sharply for 2nd Straight Year Health insurance premiums are going up in 2024 for reservists, young adults and transitioning service members enrolled in...
Army Sparks Outrage with Delay of 'Brandon Act' Implementation More than two months late in implementing a policy that would give soldiers quicker access to a mental health screening, the...
Too Many Managers, Too Few Providers? Watchdog Tells Defense Health Agency to Reexamine Its Market Structure Military health system reforms have kept the Defense Health Agency’s budget flat relative to inflation, but the effort needs...
Commissaries Bringing Healthier, Fresh Food Closer to Home for Army Soldiers The Defense Commissary Agency is hoping to expand the new program to the other U.S. military services, officials said last...
DoD's Failure to Standardize Exceptional Family Member Program Leaves Gaps in Services, Watchdog Finds Since 2012, government watchdogs have made recommendations to improve the program, but the DoD has not fully implemented...
DoD to Launch Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts in November The benefit is designed to encourage service members to budget for child care expenses while putting more money in their...
What Survivors of Veterans Need to Know About the PACT Act The PACT Act linked medical conditions with certain toxins common during some eras or circumstances of military service. Here...
New Commissary Chief Eyes Store Improvements, Expansion of Delivery Services Getting the word out on shopping eligibility is one of the ways Defense Commissary Agency Director John Hall plans to draw...
No More Banking 120 Days of Leave: The Navy Is Beginning to Rein In Those COVID-Era Rules In April 2020, the Navy started letting sailors accumulate up to 120 days of leave -- as opposed to the usual 60 -- because...
Trump Is Renaming 7 Army Installations. Here Are the Stories Behind the Names Being Scrubbed. President Donald Trump's announcement is the administration's latest move in its concerted effort to shift the people and...
Veteran Who Fired at Gunman and Inadvertently Killed Utah Protester Was a Safety Volunteer, Organizers Say Police said that the permit for the protest did not specify that there would be armed security, and that the role and...
Air Force Lowered Annual Recruiting Goal Due to Budget Woes, But Still on Track to Hit Target This Month The Air Force had to reduce its target recruiting goal by several thousand airmen due to ongoing congressional budget delays...
‘They’re Taking Shirly’: An Army Sergeant Thought His Family Was Safe. Then, ICE Deported His Wife. For tens of thousands of U.S. service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from...
Air Force's Bunker-Buster Bomb Could Take Out Iran Nuclear Facility, But Israel Hints at Other Options The Israeli campaign to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons will be considered a failure if the centrifuges deep...
![Veterans and family fill the pews in a church.](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-07/military%20VA%20Tennessee%20Valley%20VetFest%20chapel%201800%20x%201200.jpeg.jpg?itok=sLHWS79C "The VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System held a "Summer VetFest" event at Walnut Street Church of Christ in Dickson, Tenn., Aug. 20, 2023, to provide information about PACT Act toxic exposure benefits to veterans and the survivors of deceased veterans. (VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System via Facebook)")
