Air Force Expands Base Preference Program to All Career Fields The U.S. Air Force has expanded a program that makes it easier for enlisted airmen to transfer to a stateside base.
Tyndall Pauses Humanitarian Assistance Program for Airmen, Families Airmen and families assigned to Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, who applied for a special assistance program may not get an...
Military Pay Not Likely to Be Affected Under Threat of Partial Government Shutdown Military pay would likely not be affected in a threatened partial government shutdown on Dec. 21.
Many Tricare Users to See 2019 Enrollment, Fee Increases Some military retirees will see higher Tricare enrollment fees next year, while some out-of- pocket costs will increase...
MyCAA Use Linked to Higher Troop Retention, More Spouse Employment: Study Troops whose spouses use the Defense Department's military spouse scholarship program are more likely to stay in the service.
With Retirement System Opt-In Numbers Low, Officials Make Final Push Only about 19 percent of the 1.6 million troops eligible to switch into the DoD's new Blended Retirement System have done so.
Thousands to See GI Bill Housing Payment Bump Thousands of veterans using the post-9/11 GI Bill could see larger monthly housing allowance payments.
Groups Ask FTC to Name Schools That Profited from Military Recruiting Scam Fake websites lured recruits in, only to try to divert them to enroll in for-profit schools.
3.6 Million Children of Troops, Vets Are Enrolled in Medicaid, New Study Shows 3.6M military children, including 200K children of active-duty troops, depend on Medicaid to meet their healthcare needs.
Millions in Cost Overruns Hit Effort to Merge VA, Military Health Records A project to provide common electronic health records for the VA and the DoD has been hit with a $350 million cost overrun.
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...
