Senators Block VA Review of Hospital Closures, Upgrades A bipartisan group of senators announced Monday that they will not hold confirmation hearings of the Veterans Affairs Asset...
Congress Can't Legislate an End to Veteran Suicide Data from the Department of Veterans Affairs suggests that 17 veterans a day take their own lives, or 6,205 per year.
Army's New Fitness Test Might Change Again as Congress Looks to Switch Standards An amendment in the NDAA would direct the Army to establish fitness standards for troops in combat roles that would be higher...
Troops Making Less than $45,000 Would Get 'Inflation Bonus' Under House Proposal The proposed bonus of 2.4% was floated by Rep. Jared Golden as part of a proposed amendment to the $802 billion annual...
Sweeping Military Justice Reforms Get New Life in Annual Defense Bill Changes to the military justice system that got cut from last year's defense policy bill have been revived in the version of...
Senate Panel Adds Billions to Defense Budget But the Extra Money Wouldn’t Go to Troop Pay Raises A Senate panel has agreed to supersize President Biden’s defense budget request, but that money would not go toward a beefed...
Supercharging Military Pay Raises Because of Inflation Being Weighed in Congress With inflation hovering as high as 8.3%, lawmakers are signaling they expect to wrangle over a bigger raise for troops.
Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange, Radiation, Toxic Water Included in Landmark Burn Pit Bill The bill, expected to be signed by President Biden, contains a number of initiatives to help veterans sickened during...
Sweeping Toxic Exposure Bill Nears Finish Line After Senate Passage The Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our PACT Act would extend benefits to an estimated 3.5 million vets exposed...
Troop Leave for Abortion Services Would Be Protected in House Defense Spending Bill House Democrats are moving to ensure service members can take leave to get an abortion ahead of the Supreme Court's expected...
The Army Reserve Is Gutting Aviation Units. Thousands of Soldiers Are Being Left in the Lurch. Thousands of Army Reserve soldiers are being forced to scramble for new assignments after the service abruptly ordered the...
Exodus at VA: 10,000 Employees Are Resigning in September. Here’s the List It’s been six months since a now-infamous email presented millions of federal workers with a pivotal decision: They could...
Air Force Rebrands Facebook Page to Combat Rumors, Leaked Memos and Reddit Threads A long-standing Air Force Facebook page created to represent its top enlisted leader has been renamed and rebranded as a news...
Air Force Veteran Convicted of Killing Wife and 2 Children Is 9th Person Executed in Florida This Year Air Force veteran Edward Zakrzewski was executed on Thursday for the June 9, 1994, killings of his 34-year-old wife Sylvia...
Marine Sergeant Dies After Collapsing During Fitness Test in Florida A Marine sergeant on reserve duty died after he collapsed during a physical fitness test in Florida last month, according to...
