How Military Families Put Their Stamp on the Pentagon It is military spouses and veterans who deserve the credit for the incremental improvements to military family quality-of...
A Better Way to Give Pay Raises to Junior Enlisted? Key Senator Says It's Under Consideration This Year. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed said his panel is considering whether there is a "better model" to boost...
The Military's New Pet Transportation Policy: What It Means to You Military service members will be reimbursed for some of the costs of moving one dog or cat when moving on permanent change of...
Space Force Guardians Can Now Choose to Work Part Time Under New Policy Change The new Space Force Personnel Management Act offers active-duty Guardians and Air Force reservists working on space-related...
Barracks Habitability Standards Ordered by Recently Signed Defense Bill Requiring minimum standards for habitability is one of several ways this year's National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA...
Biden Signs Law Backing Military Pay Increase for 2024. Here's How Much More You’ll Get. Current troops get a big bump in basic pay for the second year in a row in 2024. Veterans receive an above-average increase...
Biggest Military Pay Raise in 20 Years Heads to Biden's Desk for Signature as Part of Annual Defense Bill The sweeping defense policy bill that locks in a 5.2% pay raise for service members next year is on its way to President Joe...
'Slap in the Face': Victims of Trinity Test Radiation Say Congress Again Let Them Down by Denying Compensation New Mexico was ground zero for the first atom bomb explosion, but the "downwinder" farmers and ranchers living near the...
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...
Congress Tells Army to Set Higher Fitness Standards for Combat Arms Soldiers Congress is set to direct the Army to boost fitness standards for most combat-arms jobs through a compromise defense policy...
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:...