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Tricare Changes are Coming in 2025. Here’s What Beneficiaries Need to Know Right Now Tricare beneficiaries need to be aware of changes taking place in both the East and West regions and may need to take action...
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Tricare Costs Are Going Up Again in 2025 Military and retiree households will pay more for Tricare in 2025, with most increases in the 2% to 3% range.
Pentagon Blind to Troop Woes in Areas Across US with Limited Housing Options, Report Finds The report is just the latest in a long series of government reports and media coverage that shows the Pentagon has been...
Keep Your Military Money Nightmares at Bay More dreadful than a haunted house tour in a hearse, tales of financial doom aren't fiction. They're painful realities. But...
'He's Going to Have to Explain It': Surprise Defense Secretary Pick's History Takes Center Stage Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's surprise pick to be the next defense secretary, has an extensive history of...
'It Could Be Very Hard to Do Our Job': Top Military Officers Brace for Trump's Potential Loyalty Review Boards The Wall Street Journal reported on a draft executive order that is under consideration by the Trump transition team that...
2 Navy Destroyers Attacked by Barrage of Houthi Drones, Missiles Off Yemen Coast The attack on the ships was the latest in months of violence in the region by the Yemen rebels, who are backed by Iran and...
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Trump Won. Here's What That Could Mean for the Military. Trump's election victory means he will have the opportunity to enact plans to use the military against what he calls domestic...
Colorado Could Lose US Space Command. Trump Is Expected to Move It to Alabama. Trump's original decision to place Space Command -- the combatant command tasked with military operations in space that was...
Taiwan's Military Holds First Live-Fire Drills With Anti-Tank Rockets Developed on the Island Taiwan’s Army held what it said was its first live-fire drills by one-year conscript soldiers who tested locally made...
On Ukraine’s Front, Hope and Pragmatism Compete When It Comes to Trump’s Election Win Soldiers in a Ukrainian artillery battery of the country’s east were only vaguely aware of American election results pointing...
Ukraine's Zelenskyy Congratulates Trump on Victory, While Some Kyiv Residents Express Concern Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory during his nightly address on Wednesday. (Nov. 6)...
Palestinians Leaving Northern Gaza Recount Hardship of Daily Life Amid Bombardments Dozens of displaced Palestinians trickled southwards from war-ravaged northern Gaza on Tuesday. (Nov. 5) AP
Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...
Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...
They Stood Sentry over America's Nuclear Missile Arsenal. Many Worry It Gave Them Cancer. For years, it was an open secret among missileers that the Cold War-era missile alert facilities and launch control centers...
They Stood Sentry over America's Nuclear Missile Arsenal. Many Worry It Gave Them Cancer. For years, it was an open secret among missileers that the Cold War-era missile alert facilities and launch control centers...
Police Records Show Defense Secretary Nominee Was Involved in Alleged Sexual Assault in 2017 Hegseth's personal lawyer since 2017, told Military.com on Friday that "as confirmed by the Monterey Police Department, there...
Kings of Campus: How Some Army Instructors Use Their Clout to Prey on College Cadets To the young students in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), the officers who run the programs on college...
Navy Didn't Understand Well-Documented Risks Posed by Hawaii Fuel Tanks, Watchdog Says Navy officials “lacked sufficient understanding” of the risks of maintaining massive fuel storage tanks on top of a drinking...
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Marine Veteran Misused a Combat Technique in Fatal Chokehold of NYC Subway Rider, Trainer Testifies Attorneys for Daniel Penny argue their client had sought to restrain Neely by placing him in a headlock, but that he did not...
Military Veteran Gets Time Served for Making Ricin Out of 'Curiosity' Exposure to ricin can be lethal, though Vane’s lawyers said the material Vane developed was far too crude to be used as any...
Pentagon Works to Restore Benefits After Data Transfer Boots Coast Guard, NOAA and Other Beneficiaries from Tricare Problems related to transfer of personnel records resulted in beneficiaries temporarily losing coverage.
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