The Benefits of Including Walking in Your Fitness Regimen Walking more can be helpful for weight loss and mental health and help reduce the risks of chronic diseases.
Tricare Again Extends Deadlines for Beneficiaries in Western US After Contract Change The transition to a new Tricare management contractor has been anything but smooth for many health care providers and...
Marines with Skin Condition Affecting Mostly Black Men Could Now Be Booted Under New Policy A new Marine Corps policy says troops with a genetic skin condition that can cause pain and scarring from shaving and mainly...
7 Reasons Spring Is the Perfect Time to Revive Your Fitness Goals After a long winter of below-average temperatures, so many of us are ready for spring, but transitioning into spring can also...
Pentagon's Top Doc Defends Military Health System Budget, Lays Out Plans for Improvements Retired Navy officer and military spouse Dr. Steve Ferrara serves as acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs...
Media Barred from Covering Top Defense, VA Health Officials at Conference Amid Concerns over Care Reporters who tried to sign up to attend the annual meeting of the AMSUS Society of Federal Health Professionals were told...
The Best Workout Strategy for Beginners Consistency means showing up for yourself every day, even just for a quick, 20-minute workout.
Military Health System Beneficiaries Urged to Download Old Medical Records by April 1 With the transition to MHS Genesis, the Defense Department is decommissioning the Tricare Online Patient Portal.
No One Is 100% Motivated to Work Out Every Day. Here’s How We Still Do It People who go to the gym are not 100% motivated to train daily, but know they will feel better even after a “bad workout.”
How to Measure Your Level of Everyday Fitness Essential health and fitness standards depend on what you need to be capable of doing on a daily basis, but are you prepared...
Army Dramatically Expands Combat Patch Eligibility The policy shift, issued last week, covers soldiers who served in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon...
Plans for Mass VA Firings Scuttled, But Department Still Expects 30,000 Employees to Leave on Their Own The announcement walked back previous plans, first revealed in a leaked memo in March, to fire as many as 83,000 employees as...
Colonel Retaliated Against Major for Talking to Congress About Red Hill Contamination, Report Says The report said that investigators substantiated an allegation that an Air Force colonel had retaliated against Army Maj...
Air Force Academy Cutting 140 Positions; Majors Affected? As the Air Force works to cut 5,000 positions before October, the Air Force Academy expects to eliminate 140 jobs.
Mystery on Pacific Seafloor Proves to Be Part of Daring WWII Saga, US Navy Says A mysterious object spotted on the South Pacific seafloor has been identified as the bow of a torpedoed World War II ship...
