Pentagon Policy Paying Travel Costs for Abortions, Other Health Care Was Used Only 12 Times from June to December Paying for transportation, lodging and meals for those 12 round trips from a service member's home station to the location of...
Tricare Users Can Now Refill Prescriptions Through MHS Genesis Electronic Health Record System The new refill option applies only if a military pharmacy originally filled the prescription. Prescriptions originally filled...
Money for 5.2% Troop Pay Raise, Enlisted Hardship Bonuses Included in Last-Minute Government Funding Bill Lawmakers have unveiled an agreement to provide the Pentagon with $825 billion for this fiscal year that eschews...
Tricare to Stop Covering Some Vitamin Supplements The supplements that are no longer covered beginning Jan. 1, 2019, are still available over the counter.
MHS Genesis Patient Portal MHS Genesis is the Defense Department's new electronic health records system, designed to provide a single health record for...
Coast Guard Takes Steps to Improve Service Members' Access to Mental Health Screenings Following a law passed in 2021 that required the services to expedite self-referrals for mental health assessments, the Coast...
A Better Way to Give Pay Raises to Junior Enlisted? Key Senator Says It's Under Consideration This Year. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed said his panel is considering whether there is a "better model" to boost...
Proposal for 'GI Bill for Child Care' Aims to Boost Unemployed Military Spouses Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee's military quality-of-life panel, is...
Leaving Army Colonel Husband after Alleged Abuse Could End Wife's Access to Medical Care Ellizabeth will continue to require medical treatment -- treatment that will likely cease sometime next year.
Nomination of Air Force Officer at Center of GOP's Fight Against 'Woke' Military Extended to 2025 Col. Ben Jonsson's nomination to become a one-star general was set to expire May 1 under a law that says military officer...
Camp Lejeune Sergeant Identified as Marine Killed During Training in North Carolina Sgt. Colin Arslanbas, a Marine with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, or MEU, died Thursday evening during a training...
‘Indefinite’ Defense Department IDs Inconvenience Air Travelers, May Be Dropped as Acceptable Identification The Transportation Security Administration's Credential Authentication Technology reads the cards' INDEF date field as...
Fort Liberty Soldier Sentenced to Over 3 Years for Romance Scams, Bilked Over $350,000 from Victims Specialist Sanda G. Frimpong, who was serving on active duty until his arrest in 2023, was ordered to pay back over $350,000...
Navy Chief Petty Officer Convicted of Attempted Espionage at San Diego Court-Martial The Navy has convicted a chief petty officer of attempted espionage, among other charges, at a court-martial in San Diego...