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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.
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'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...
French Military Training Ukrainian Troops Ahead of Battlefield Deployment A French military task force with a festive name — “Champagne” — is wrapping up a mission that's no...
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US Military Releases Video Said to Show Impact of Drone Strike on Houthi Rebels The U.S. military on Wednesday said it had conducted several days of strikes targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels. (Nov. 14)...
Military Chief Tells Troops Israel Striking in Syria to Prevent Weapon Transfers to Hezbollah Israeli military Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi told troops during a visit to southern Lebanon that Israel is striking...
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...
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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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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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