9 Fitness Challenges to Help You Become a Healthier Adult If you are considering joining the military, you are required to meet a certain level of fitness and health.
Reversing 'Alarming Erosion' in Military Quality of Life Requires Biden Funding Request, Top Lawmakers Say In a letter dated Feb. 16 and released publicly Tuesday, the chairmen and ranking members of the full House Armed Services...
Risk of Brain Cancer Higher in Troops with Moderate to Severe Brain Injuries, Large Study Shows But the retrospective study of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans found no association between brain cancer and mild traumatic...
Navy Developing Follow-Up Water Monitoring Plan After Red Hill Incident The creation of the plan comes after the Navy gathered a team of "drinking water experts " two weeks ago to investigate the...
VA Plans to Expand Agent Orange Disability Benefits to Cover Exposure in a Dozen New States In a proposed rule in the Federal Register, the VA said it will now grant presumptive status to veterans with Agent Orange...
Why Flexibility, Mobility and Stability Are So Important to a Successful Fitness Routine If we regularly stretch, move, balance and strengthen our muscles and joints, we will improve our flexibility, mobility and...
New Tricare Contracts to Kick Off in 2025, Promising Improved Quality and Service for Beneficiaries With a legal battle settled over contract decisions, the transition has begun for the companies responsible for managing...
3 Fitness Activities We Need to Keep Doing (or Add to Our Routine) As We Age Risks can be mitigated through the three key activities to longevity: cardiovascular training (activities such as walking...
Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Tied to a Range of Cancers, CDC Study Says Federal health officials called the research one the largest ever done in the United States to assess cancer risk by...
Meet the Soldiers Who Have Created a Lifesaving Network of Bone Marrow Donations in the Army Spc. Christian Sutton and his team of nearly two dozen other young soldiers have signed up nearly 6,000 troops as potential...
The Army Has Officially Deployed Laser Weapons Overseas to Combat Enemy Drones A pair of laser weapons has been deployed by the Army to an undisclosed location overseas to blast incoming enemy drones out...
Fired After 6 Months: Army Sacks Commander of Germany Unit Meant to Bolster NATO Against Russia Lt. Col. Eric Ackles, commander of 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, was relieved of command, the service...
Toxic Exposure Screenings: Vets Report Spotty Follow-Up on Questionnaire Meant to Boost Health Care and Benefits Rolled out with great fanfare in November 2022, toxic exposure screenings for all VA patients were mandated by the PACT Act...
Feds Settle Case for $2 Million After Skydiving Plane Took Out Marine Corps Osprey on Runway Nearly four years after a civilian skydiving aircraft collided with a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey sitting on a San Diego runway...
Reports of Mediocre Disability Exams by VA Contractors Prompts Senator's Demand for Answers A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized...