Pair of Lawmakers Pushes Defense Bill Negotiators to Include Tricare IVF Coverage Right now, Tricare will cover IVF and other assisted reproductive technologies only if the infertility was caused by a...
Troops Will Start Getting Economic Hardship Bonuses This Month, Though Only $20 on Average Lawmakers on Capitol Hill, concerned that service member pay was not keeping pace with the private sector or inflation...
Restrictions on Transgender Health Care Slipped into Senate's Must-Pass Defense Bill The military would not be able to pay for surgeries for transgender troops under the Senate's version of the must-pass annual...
Here's Why Lawmakers Want to Automatically Register Men for Selective Service The House has advanced a bipartisan proposal that would automatically register young men with the Selective Service System.
Traumatic Brain Injury Prevention Efforts Included in Must-Pass Defense Bill A growing body of evidence is showing that troops are at risk of exposure to potentially dangerous blasts not just from enemy...
All Troops Could Have IVF Covered by Military Health Care Under Proposal in Must-Pass Defense Bill Under the amendment Tricare Prime and Tricare Select would be required to cover a range of fertility treatments, including...
Lawmakers Move to Defund US Military's Gaza Aid Pier After Torrent of Problems A pair of bills advanced last week in the House seeks to end the mission that was billed as the Biden administration's...
Culture War Political Fights Resurface as House Approves 19.5% Junior Enlisted Pay Raise and Senate Eyes 5.5% For the second year in a row, the House approved its version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, mostly along...
5.5% vs. 19.5% Pay Raise: Senate Diverges from House on How Much to Boost Junior Enlisted Paychecks The House and Senate will need to negotiate a compromise version of their respective bills before this year's NDAA can become...
Ban on Base Slot Machines Among Proposals Floated for Annual Must-Pass Defense Bill Rep. Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., has filed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, that would prohibit the...
For Soldiers at Fort Carson, Food Is Scarce As Americans gather for Thanksgiving feasts, soldiers at Fort Carson, Colorado, are contending with a far less festive...
The Army Needs Hundreds of Officers to Leave Combat Arms Lieutenants currently branched in armor, infantry, combat engineer and field artillery can apply between Jan. 7 and Feb. 17...
Stealth Destroyer to Be Home for 1st Hypersonic Weapon on a US Warship Hypersonic weapons travel beyond Mach 5, five times the speed of sound, with added maneuverability making them harder to...
Here Is the 2025 Pay Raise for Disabled Veterans and Military Retirees Military retirees and disabled veterans will receive 2.5% increases to their monthly paychecks for 2025, thanks to the annual...
Trump's Picks for Key Positions in His Second Administration Some of his choices could face difficult confirmation fights in the Senate, even with Republicans in control, and one...