Tricare Now Covering Portable CPAP Machines for Deployed Troops Tricare is now covering portable Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machines backdated to Jan. 24, 2019.
New Law Will Make It Easier for Military Spouses to Keep Licenses During a PCS The Pentagon has been directed to work with states to remove bureaucratic roadblocks.
Tricare to Cover Laser Treatments for Troops with Razor Bumps Tricare is changing its policy to let servicemen receive laser treatments at off-base facilities for razor bumps.
Air Force Awards $50,000 Grant to Help Treat Infertility in Airmen The Air Force is investing $50K in a progesterone-testing kit company that could help service members trying to conceive.
Here's What the Guard and Reserve Gets in the 2020 Defense Spending Bill What's in the fiscal 2020 NDAA specifically for Guard and Reserve members? Here's a snapshot of some of the major changes.
'Widow's Tax' to Be Eliminated by 2023 in Proposed Defense Budget The final version of the fiscal 2020 defense budget would phase out the so-called "widow's tax" over three years if passed.
Military Exchange Extends Return Policy for Holiday Shopping Holiday shoppers will be able to return Army and Air Force Exchange Service purchases with a receipt until Jan. 31, 2020.
Tricare Enrollment for 2020 Is Now Open Nov. 11 is the beginning of Tricare's open enrollment season for nearly 9.5 million service members, vets and their families.
Military Pay Raise at Risk in Budget Impasse, Key Lawmaker Says The military's promised 3.1% pay raise this year could be at risk in the budget impasse.
Joint Website Debuts as Major Military Health Care Merge Gets Underway The Tricare website's expansion is part of a consolidation of medical treatment facilities under the Defense Health Agency.
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
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...
'It's a Lottery': Why Foreign Volunteer Fought in Russia-Ukraine War Jack de Santis is a Croatian-born volunteer of the Ukrainian army who used his engineering, drone expertise to help fight...
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...
Bravo Company Vietnam Veterans Honored with Long-Overdue Bronze Stars While it took more than five decades, 14 veterans of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, were...