Cell Phones at Boot Camp: Navy Will Let Some Recruits Use Their Devices Beyond the announcement, the service offered few details about the policy change that promises to be a major shift in...
Wi-Fi for All Bases? Navy Weighs Quality-of-Life Improvements Amid Poor Living Conditions for Sailors in Shipyards The Navy's Quality of Service Cross-Functional Team has spent the last six months trying to improve conditions for sailors at...
Tax-Free Pay, 2-Year Leave of Absence for Parents Among Ideas Being Floated by House's Military Quality-of-Life Panel The quality-of-life panel was formed this congressional session to provide recommendations that could be included in next...
What's the Best Piece of Field Gear You've Ever Bought? We're surveying U.S. service members and veterans to find out what gear they use to supplement their standard-issue military...
Military Hunger: New Study Shows 1 in 8 Military Families Turned to Food Banks During the Pandemic Overall, data from 2020 and 2021 shows that more than 280,000 active-duty service members -- 24% of the military -- reported...
Data Brokers Are Selling Service Member Information for Pennies. It's a National Security Risk, Study Says Researchers found that the unregulated, multibillion-dollar industry poses a significant risk to national security -- and...
Crew Shortages, Bad Mattresses Causing Navy Surface Sailors to Lose Shut-Eye, Watchdog Says In a report to Congress this month, the Government Accountability Office said the service is not ensuring sailors get enough...
Marine Corps Barracks Issues Will Likely Take a Decade to Fix, But Work Is Underway, Commandant Says Commandant Gen. Eric Smith said he and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Carlos Ruiz have "crossed the line of departure" to...
Whiteman Air Force Base Is Scrambling to Find Out Why High Radon Levels at a Day Care Center Were Ignored An audit last month of radon sampling at the base revealed the 2022 findings "were not acted upon," a memo detailed.
Soldiers Are Getting Burned Out. Army Leadership Knows It's a Problem. In many cases, soldiers are spending more time away from home now than during the peak of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Walks on the Mall, Shake Shack Burgers and a Car Crash: Scenes from the Guard's Deployment in DC What started as an 800-troop mission for the D.C. National Guard has ballooned to more than 2,000 troops as Republican...
Former Space Force Sergeant Fatally Shot Teen in 'Vigilante Violence,' Colorado Officials Say Orest Schur received a 54-year prison sentence after a jury in June found him guilty of second-degree murder and attempted...
Airman Killed in Off-Base AK-47 Shooting Near F.E. Warren Air Force Base Identified An airman stationed at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, who died after being shot by an AK-47 fired through the wall of an off...
VA Processes Record-Breaking Number of Disability Claims This Year, with 62% Approval Rate The department has made changes in the past several years designed to process disability compensation claims faster and...
Air Force Chief's Sudden Retirement Raises Question of 'Who Is Next' in Leadership Shake-Up Policy experts told Military.com that the departure raises alarm amid other leadership changes within the Department of the...
