Pregnant Troops and New Military Moms Would Get Expanded Mental Health Care Under Lawmakers’ Proposal The bill comes after a Government Accountability Office report in 2022 found service members face mental health conditions...
Barracks Repairs, Other Military Quality-of-Life Improvements Slam Into Congress' Upcoming Budget Fight Efforts to replace dilapidated housing and improve service members' quality of life could be kneecapped before they can even...
House Approves $14.5 Billion in Assistance for Israel as Biden Vows to Veto the GOP's Approach The first substantial legislative effort in Congress to support Israel in the war falls far short of Biden's request for...
Here's How New House Speaker Mike Johnson Voted on Veteran and Military Issues Last year Johnson voted against the PACT Act, considered the biggest increase of veterans benefits in a generation.
VA Moves to Educate Vets on Fraud, Scams Amid PACT Act Filings and Camp Lejeune Water Litigation The department rolled out a new website and is weaving prevention messages into veteran outreach, according to officials.
Republican Hardliners Again Deliver Defeat to Defense Spending Bill, as Shutdown Looms House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's latest attempt to move ahead with a defense funding bill as a first step toward keeping the...
Republican Bill with Massive Boost to Junior Enlisted Pay Sparks Veto Threat from Biden The White House is taking issue with a House Republican proposal to give junior enlisted troops a more than 30% pay bump next...
Army Sparks Outrage with Delay of 'Brandon Act' Implementation More than two months late in implementing a policy that would give soldiers quicker access to a mental health screening, the...
PACT Act: Presumptive Conditions The PACT Act presumes a service connection for myriad conditions related to toxic exposures from burn pits; contaminated...
Bill Would Allow Past Airmen with Space Experience to Become 'Legacy Guardians' The legislation allows the Department of the Air Force to acknowledge Air Force space operations veterans as honorary...
Troubled USS Boxer Returns Home 10 Days into Deployment Due to Maintenance Issue The maintenance-embattled USS Boxer is heading back to San Diego just 10 days after deploying due to an engineering issue, as...
On Newly Quiet Stretch of US-Mexico Border, Louisiana Soldiers Sit Around, Watch and Wait The Louisiana soldiers are spaced in groups of two or three over the 1.5 mile, 400-yard-wide strip of land.
How the Army Made a Deal with UFL Football and The Rock Despite Doubts over the Sponsorship's Worth The roughly $11 million deal set the service up to be the premier partner for the league's inaugural season, which started...
Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...
'Restore Real Value': House Panel Wants to Give Junior Enlisted Troops 15% Pay Raise The recommendation on boosting paychecks is part of the final report from the House Armed Services Committee's military...