Single Troops and Same-Sex Couples Will Have Access to Fertility Treatment Under New Pentagon Policy Court documents in a lawsuit filed against the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs say the DoD plans to finalize the...
In Reversal, Defense Department Now Wants to Bring Tricare Beneficiaries Back to Military Health System After seven years of reforms that included sending non-active-duty patients to civilian Tricare networks, the Pentagon wants...
Navy Redesigns Its Pregnancy Policy to Give Sailors More Choice, Career Stability The new policy says that sailors who become pregnant while on sea duty will now be able to choose two-year orders to a shore...
Defense Department Expands ID Card Renewals by Mail to US-Based Retirees, Dependents While in the past the renewed card had to be retrieved in person at a local ID card facility, it will instead be delivered by...
Red Hill Registry Being Planned to Study Long-Term Health Effects of Tainted Water on Hawaii Military Community The Defense Department expects to award a grant to an academic institution this year to establish the database, an official...
Denied Care, Deaths in Japan Result from Lack of Emergency Medical Services for American Personnel Military commanders in the region have been instructed to assess the situation and take action.
The Pentagon Is Stepping Up On-Base Food Options to Help Troops Battle Food Insecurity For years, the issue of troops struggling to put food on the table has been a topic of study and conversation among military...
New Apps to Help with Military Family Moves Further Delayed as Private Contractor Takes Over Household Shipments Technical issues have further delayed the transition to a new process for overseeing the Defense Department's household goods...
Pentagon Abortion, Transgender Policies Safe, But Diversity Programs Take a Hit in Compromise Defense Bill Negotiations over this year's NDAA turned into a culture-war minefield after the House loaded its version of the defense bill...
Iran Fires Missiles at US Base in Qatar but No Early Reports of Casualties, Damage One of the largest U.S. bases in the Middle East was attacked Monday by an Iranian missile strike just days after the U.S...
ICE Detains Marine Corps Veteran's Wife Who Was Still Breastfeeding Their Baby U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained the wife of a Marine Corps veteran in Louisiana during a routine...
VA Changes Discrimination Policy for Health Care Staff, Denies Doctors Could Withhold Treatment The department said the change was made in order to comply with executive orders and the updates would "have no impact...
Oregon Dems Vote to Prevent Trump from Deploying Oregon National Guard, as He Did in California Oregon Democrats and one Republican in the House voted Friday to draw a “line in the sand” to try to prevent President Donald...
Germany Weighs Compulsory Military Service After Suspension 'Mistake' Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is preparing a draft bill aimed at making military service more attractive - while also...