VA's New IVF Policy Doesn't Cover Surrogates or Unmarried Partners, Unlike Tricare The uneven coverage comes after both departments announced the expansions due to a lawsuit claiming their fertility benefits...
Military Women at Greater Risk of Having Babies with Low Birth Weight, Scientific Review Finds The review found that about two-thirds of the studies concluded that active-duty servicewomen may be at heightened risk of...
The Cost of Medical Stigmas for Military Families Decades of help-discouraging behavior and outdated medical policies have fueled a pervasive stigma that impacts military...
How Timely Orders Can Make or Break a Military Experience When orders do not arrive with enough lead time to schedule a move with a transportation office, many families are forced to...
Fertility Benefits for Active-Duty Service Members More Tricare beneficiaries became eligible for fertility treatments in 2024. Here's who qualifies and what to expect.
Watching the Emotional 'Bluey' Episode 'The Sign' as a Military Parent A recent episode of the beloved Australian cartoon may strike a nerve with military families.
Military Child Care Fees Here are the Defense Department child-care fees for the 2023-2024 school year.
Senators Urge 'Immediate and Decisive Action' by Pentagon on Child Abuse Policies Following Report A group of senators is demanding answers from the Pentagon on how its branches handle allegations of child abuse and...
Better Access to Child Care for Military Families Is Aim of New Senate Proposal Military families struggling to access child care because of staffing shortages at base day cares or because of frequent...
Jill Biden Says Agreement to Let Federal Employee Military Spouses Work from Overseas Is Overdue First lady Jill Biden spoke at a White House ceremony she hosted with Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks and Deputy...
Police Who Shot Florida Airman 6 Times in His Home May Have Entered Wrong Apartment, Family Says Senior Airman Roger Fortson lived in an off-base residence, and his special operations squadron at Hurlburt Field in the...
Florida Airman Was Shot by Deputy Within Seconds of Opening Apartment Door, Body Cam Footage Shows Only as Fortson is lying on the floor of his apartment fatally wounded does the deputy tell him to drop his weapon, a firearm...
'They Took My Gift Away': In Interview, Mother of Florida Airman Killed by Police Describes Shock Meka Fortson told Military.com in an exclusive interview Thursday that her son, Senior Airman Roger Fortson, had always...
Army Pumping Millions into Food Kiosks, But They May Soon Be Obsolete Kiosks are effectively small snack stands providing soldiers with sandwiches, candy, chips and soda -- offerings that hold...
Apache Crash Injures 2 Fort Riley Soldiers as Army Grapples with Nonstop Aviation Incidents The pair of soldiers with the 1st Infantry Division's Combat Aviation Brigade were being treated for injuries after the crash...