Navy Secretary Says All COVID-19 Sailor and Marine Deaths During His Tenure Have Been Unvaccinated Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro has given troops 90 days from Aug. 31 to be vaccinated or get an exemption.
A New Travel System Is Coming to Replace the Antiquated DTS The existing Defense Travel System, or DTS, dates back to 1998 and is becoming prohibitively expensive to run, documents say.
What Happens to Soldiers Who Refuse the COVID Vaccine? Soldiers have limited options to refuse the COVID-19 vaccine, and may have a hard time claiming an exemption.
Storage Company Must Pay Airman $60,000 After Selling His Property While He Was Deployed The Justice Department said the auction was a violation of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, a broad set of legal...
Soldiers Have 3 Months to Get COVID Vaccine or Face Discharge, with Few Waiver Options The military's largest branch issued its mandate after the other services announced similar timelines.
Sailors and Marines Have 90 Days to Get Vaccinated or Face Punishment For sailors who refuse the shots, Del Toro's message lays out steps the Navy will take to convince them to get vaccinated.
Nepalese Gurkhas End Hunger Strike over UK Military Pensions Gurkha soldiers, who are recruited from Nepal, have served the British Army for more than 200 years.
Pentagon Requiring COVID-19 Vaccine for US Troops Service members should plan to get a vaccine by mid-September if not earlier, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a memo.
Bases Bring Back Mask Mandates as Coronavirus Variant Sweeps Through Unvaccinated Parts of America The new mandates come after the CDC last week recommended that Americans return to wearing masks indoors.
Biden Orders Military to Move Toward Mandatory COVID Vaccine Biden said making the vaccines mandatory is important because troops often serve in places where vaccination rates are low.
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Trump Administration Threatens No Back Pay for Federal Workers in Shutdown President Donald Trump’s administration is warning of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a shutdown.
Teen Cadet Says He Was Beaten, Concussed at Camp at Aberdeen Proving Ground In early August 2022, 17-year-old Nathanael Royal called his parents and begged them to bring him home before he got attacked...
The Civil War Battle Where a West Point Professor Defeated His Confederate Student The Civil War ripped apart nearly every bond Americans shared — classmates, friends, even family members found themselves on...
Army Vet Sentenced to Year In Prison For $80,000 Fraud, Stolen Valor Sharon Toney-Finch, 43, was indicted in April 2024 on four charges: wire fraud, stolen valor, theft of government funds, and...