VA Fires Embattled Louisiana Director Amid Scandal The director of the Shreveport VA hospital in Louisiana has been fired following a three-year tenure filled with scandal.
VA Whistle-Blower's Retaliation Claims Spur Action from Congress Sens. Ron Johnson and Claire McCaskil are calling for the VA to halt what they characterize as retaliation against Dr. Dale...
Navy to Separate Sailors Who Share Nude Photos Without Permission The policy updates a Navy regulation created last month that made nonconsensual nude photo-sharing a prosecutable violation.
House Votes to Criminalize Revenge Porn in the Military The legislation would update the UCMJ to define when private photo sharing is a criminal act, McSally said.
Trial Underway for Marine Drill Instructor in Hazing Scandal Sgt. Riley R. Gress, a former drill instructor, is accused of violation of a lawful general order, cruelty and maltreatment.
'Non-Cognitive' Testing Could Identify Better Marine Drill Instructors The Marine Corps is testing screening tools that could highlight qualities difficult to pinpoint with a checklist.
Air Force: 135 Patients May Have Been Exposed to HIV, Hepatitis The U.S. Air Force is notifying 135 patients who received colonoscopy or endoscopy procedures at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
Dugway Under Scrutiny Again Over Handling of Deadly Toxins The DoD's IG has found a new set of problems in the way the Army's Dugway Proving Ground handles deadly toxins, such as Sarin...
Trump Signs VA Accountability Act, Gives Pen to Double-Amputee President Trump signed the VA Accountability Act on Friday to give the VA more authority to fire poorly performing employees.
Pentagon's Handling of Afghan Camouflage Under Criminal Review The head of U.S. oversight for Afghanistan told lawmakers that the DoD's purchase of uniforms for Afghan forces is under...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
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...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...