Military Medical Examiner Kept Organs for Years and Failed to Properly Notify Families, Watchdog Finds The Pentagon's internal watchdog has found that the Armed Forces Medical Examiner mismanaged the collection and handling of...
CHAMPVA Recipients Can Now Get Prescriptions Online from the VA The online pharmacy program makes getting prescriptions easy and fast.
Proposal for 'GI Bill for Child Care' Aims to Boost Unemployed Military Spouses Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee's military quality-of-life panel, is...
Leaving Army Colonel Husband after Alleged Abuse Could End Wife's Access to Medical Care Ellizabeth will continue to require medical treatment -- treatment that will likely cease sometime next year.
Alabama Bill Aims to Create State Health System for Veterans and Their Families The bills, introduced last month and awaiting review in their respective committees of origin, would task the state...
Troops at 5 Bases to Be Part of 'Test Moves' Under New Private Management of Household Goods Shipments The new management will start with a series of "test moves" at a handful of U.S. installations in the next couple of weeks.
More Navy Child-Care Centers Are Coming to Drive Down Wait Times, But They're Struggling to Find Staff Amid a growing push by Navy leaders to improve the lives and conditions for sailors, the sea service's installation command...
Life Insurance After the Military: How to Protect Your Family Death is tough on the survivors, and that's especially true if they are squeezed both emotionally and financially. VA- and...
New App to Let Patients at 5 Military Hospitals Get Access to Health Care Through Their Phones In the coming months, the Defense Health Agency plans to introduce a new mobile app interface for military beneficiaries at...
VA Plan to Issue Urns, Memorial Plaques Sparks Concerns Veterans Will Be Barred from Burial with Spouses The National Funeral Directors Association and the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as others, recently...
Army Division Bars Leaders from Bothering Their Soldiers After Work Hours Maj. Gen. David Doyle, commander of the Fort Carson, Colorado-based 4th Infantry Division, issued a memo last week barring...
Marine Corps Creates Billet to Keep Dual-Military Families Together During Stressful Moves The billet, which is called the dual-military coordinator, will act as a liaison between couples and their career monitors in...
Exposed to Agent Orange at US Bases, Veterans Face Cancer Without VA Compensation The Defense Department has publicly acknowledged that during the Vietnam War era it stored Agent Orange at the Naval...
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...
A Group Aims to Rebuild Tun Tavern, Birthplace of the Marines, as a Tavern and Restaurant National Park Service rangers in the historic district field questions all day from visitors. One of the most-asked is:...