Lawmakers Call for Action on Burn Pit Exposure Members of Congress want the VA and Pentagon to improve their accountability.
VA, DoD Electronic Health Records Still Aren't Compatible, and Lawmakers Are Angry Shanahan was grilled by lawmakers on the lengthy and costly effort to develop compatible electronic records systems.
Bill Would Let Troops Sue for Military Medical Malpractice Legislation introduced Tuesday by Rep. Jackie Speier, D-California, has bipartisan support to overturn what's known as the...
Victims of Military Medical Malpractice to Testify Before Congress An active-duty soldier and the widow of an airman will ask lawmakers for changes to the Federal Tort Claims Act.
Army Launches Registry for Troops, Families With Housing-Related Health Issues The Army is encouraging those with health concerns thought to be related to substandard housing to sign up.
Military, Vets' Groups Want Scrutiny of Commissary-Exchange Merger Proposal The Military Coalition wants a review and hearings on a plan to combine military retail stores.
Services Turn Focus to Warfighters as DHA Takes Over Military Hospitals In a budget hearing on Tuesday, the services' surgeons general addressed realignment of the medical forces.
Tricare Adds Coverage for Human Breast Milk For the first time ever, Tricare is covering the purchase of human breast milk from an accredited milk bank.
Bill Would Require DoD to Pay for Combat Troops to Freeze Sperm, Eggs A new bill would give troops with infertility related to their service greater access to advanced reproductive treatments.
Tricare Restricts Purchases of Deluxe Breast Pumps After $16 Million Overspend In one case, the Pentagon paid as much as $1,400 for a breast pump that could be purchased in a store for less than $200.
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...