Dorothy Mills-Gregg

Dorothy Mills-Gregg reports on all aspects relating to veterans and military health care. Before reporting for Military.com and becoming obsessed with the Defense Health Agency transition, she was a city government reporter for a daily newspaper in Bakersfield, California. She has worked as a freelancer around Sacramento covering a range of issues and briefly wrote bill analyses for the Assembly Speaker's office. She is an award-winning photographer with a degree specializing in politics and national security from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism.

Email: Dorothy.Mills-Gregg@Monster.com

Latest Articles

Navy Lt. Jacob Balesi, a flight officer with Patrol Squadron Thirty, and his family visit Naval Hospital Jacksonville's pediatrics clinic. (U.S. Navy/Jacob Sippel)

Tricare Enrollment for 2020 Is Now Open

Nov. 11 is the beginning of Tricare's open enrollment season for nearly 9.5 million service members, vets and their families.

The Whole Country is Grappling with Suicide Epidemic, VA Secretary Says

VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said suicide claims the lives of about 20 veterans a day, but it's also the leading cause of death...

Commissaries Adding New Gift Card Feature as They Celebrate Millionth Sale

DeCA is also unveiling a new "open value" feature that lets buyers put any amount on a card.

How Will Veterans Get On Base for Their New Commissary Access? No One Can Say

How will veterans and caregivers get access to base to shop? No one can say.

"It isn't easy to talk about being scammed, but what I am doing today is an extension of my service," said veteran LaVerne Foreman, who fell victim to donating money to a phony veterans charity five years ago. (Dorothy Mills-Gregg)

Veterans Risk Being Scammed by 'Relentless Criminals,' Lawmaker Says

While they are not alone in falling victim to scams, veterans have lost money to scammers at double the rate of the non...

A veteran renders a salute on Veterans Day 2018. Department of Veterans Affairs photo by James Lucas

VA Plans to Resolve all 'Legacy Appeals' by the End of 2022

The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to resolve all veterans' appeals made before February 2019 in about three years.

A member of the Fort Drum Residential Communities Initiative/Housing Division inspection team checks out a house on Sept. 17, 2019. (Photo by Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs)

The Army Wants Families to Share Their Honest Opinions About Military Housing

The service will use the anonymous surveys to assess residents' top priorities and identify areas that need work.

U.S. Marines run a patrol exercise in Malaysia.

The Military Is Developing a Vaccine to Stop a Bioterrorism Agent

The government is funding a project to keep bioterrorists from spreading a pneumonia-like, often antibiotic-resistant disease...

Workers at Fort Knox prepare to perform repairs and renovation work on an historic home at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Local historic preservation officials say agreements with Knox Hills and state cultural specialists allow them latitude to preserve the historical integrity of the homes while finishing projects much quicker. (Photo courtesy of Fort Knox Cultural Resources Office)

Army Proposes Plan for Renovating, Repairing Interwar-Era Base Houses

The service wants to address housing built between 1919 and 1940 as a group instead of individually.

FILE - This March 23, 2018, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith, File)

2020 Census Temp Jobs Are Perfect for MilSpouses and Veterans, Official Says

The U.S. Census Bureau is recruiting 2.7 million job applicants and the positions are a perfect fit for vets and spouses.

A firefighter from the Albuquerque (N.M.) Fire Department’s Wildland Task Force trains.

California Tricare Users Can Get Emergency Prescription Refills Due to Wildfires

Tricare is loosening prescription refill requirements for all beneficiaries living anywhere in California.

Jane Horton stands in Arlington National Cemetery.

Gold Star Family Members Can Now Become Congressional Fellows

To give members of families of the fallen first-hand experience in Congress, lawmakers approved a yearlong fellowship for...

House Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mark Takano, D-Calif., speaks about veteran suicide prevention, Monday April 29, 2019, at the House Triangle on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Lawmakers Slam VA Whistleblower Protection Office's Progress

House lawmakers expressed frustration after hearing how the VA is addressing failures to protect whistleblowers' identities.

Scathing IG Report Details VA's Whistleblower Protection Office Failures

The VA OAWP office was created in 2017 to improve protections for whistleblowers while holding VA employees accountable.

Firefighters hose down flames as a home burns in the Getty fire area along Tigertail Road, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Veterans Face 'Life Threatening' Risk During California Blackouts: VA Secretary

VA facilities have back-up power, but the department cannot ensure electricity for veterans, Wilkie said.

Military News

Get the Military Insider Newsletter

Get the latest on pay updates, benefit changes and award-winning military content. Right in your inbox.

By signing up, you agree to our Privacy Notice.

Thank you for subscribing!

View more newsletters on our Subscriptions page.

One last step.

Verify your free subscription by following the instructions in the email sent to:

Most Popular Military News

President-elect Donald Trump speaks with Elon Musk

Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...

A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak delivers parts to the oil exploration support vessel Aiviq

Coast Guard Set to Receive New Icebreaker by Year's End, Bolstering US Presence in Arctic

The need for ships with icebreaking capabilities is growing as China and Russia increase their presence in the Arctic...

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln

Marine Corps F-35C Was Used in Combat for First Time to Strike Houthis, Military Confirms

Traveling at speeds of 1,200 mph, the F-35C can carry Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, air-to-air missiles and other...

Diversity Day march on Buckley Air Force Base, Colo.

Military Diversity Is Not the Problem

"The main reason for concern about the U.S. military and its performance has to do with the variety of U.S. commitments and...

Privately owned vehicles wait to enter through the Dale Mabry gate at MacDill Air Force Base.

MacDill Airman Gets 5 Years Of Probation in 'Undead Apes' Blockchain Fraud

U.S. District Judge William Jung sentenced Devin Rhoden to five years’ probation, a reflection of Rhoden’s substantial...

Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., smiles as he speaks to supporters during an election night rally at the Elks Lodge in Murphysboro, Ill.

House Approves Wide-Ranging Veterans Bill After Bipartisan Compromise Reached

A wide-ranging veterans policy bill that would bolster home caregiver programs and support for homeless veterans, among other...

Latest Military Videos

US to Give Antipersonnel Mines to Ukraine to Help Slow the Russian Advance

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the Biden administration will allow Ukraine to use American-supplied antipersonnel land mines to...

NATO Troops Take Part in Artillery Drills in Finland for First Time Since It Joined Military Alliance

Several thousand NATO troops took part in large-scale artillery drills in Finland for the first time since the country...

Austin Explains Decision to Supply Ukraine With Landmines

Outgoing U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin explained a decision to supply Ukraine with anti-personnel landmines during a briefing...

Ukrainian Students Light Candles to Remember 659 Children Killed in Conflict With Russia

Ukrainian students on Wednesday paused to remember the children killed in the conflict with Russia by lighting 659 candles...

Investigations and Features

Army Capt. Jeremy Kuykendall and his wife Kate, cradle their daughter

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...

A patch in the home of retired missileer Paul Hunke

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...

Army News

A soldier fires a SIG Sauer M17 striker-fired pistol during a weapons qualification at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland.

Army Offers $15,000 Reward for Info on Missing Guns and Other Gear at Fort Moore

Army investigators are still searching for 31 M17 pistols that disappeared from Fort Moore, Georgia, earlier this year, but...

Police Report Sheds New Light on Pentagon Nominee Hegseth's Sexual Encounter that Led to Assault Allegation

Pete Hegseth, who is tapped to lead the military and the nation's largest federal bureaucracy, has vehemently denied the...

Navy News

Malaysian fugitive Francis Leonard Glenn, known as Fat Leonard

'Fat Leonard' to Appeal Sentence, While Retired Navy Captain Will Seek a Reduced Charge

The prison term imposed by U.S. District Judge Janis Sammartino at the Nov. 5 sentencing hearing was more than three years...

Cher's more formal look in her 1989 music video, "If I Could Turn Back Time," filmed aboard the battleship USS Missouri. (Criteron Studios)

How Cher's 'Turn Back Time' Music Video Made Even the Navy Blush

A video featuring Cher singing to a rowdy group of American sailors would have been no trouble for anyone involved -- if it...

Air Force News

Air Force's Special Operations Crop Duster Plane Will Be Flown for Training at Oklahoma Base

An Air National Guard base in Oklahoma will host the first formal training unit for the service's armed recon crop duster...

U.S. Air Force missileers from the 90th Missile Wing perform their duties in a remote, underground Launch Control Center. (Newsweek/Unconventional)

What It's Like to Live and Work with the World's Deadliest Weapon: the Minuteman III ICBM

Some parts of North Dakota, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska are home to some 400 nuclear-tipped ICBMs and the 10,000...

Space Force News

Chief Master Sgt. Roger Towberman, right, Space Force and Command senior enlisted leader, with Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett, present President Donald Trump with the official flag of the United States Space Force in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C.

Fear of Losing US Space Command Unites Colorado’s Congressional Delegation

An intense persuasion campaign is heating up across more than 1,200 miles, from Colorado Springs to Alabama, as both states'...

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink 4-36 payload launches

Pentagon Silent on Elon Musk and Starlink Risks as Military Use Expands

In the past year, U.S. news outlets have reported that Musk, who oversees the satellite internet provider, has developed a...

Marine Corps News

Traffic drives past the entrance sign of Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Va.

Federal Judge Dismisses High-Profile Cases of 2 Jordanian Men Accused of Breaching Quantico Gate

U.S. attorneys for the Eastern District of Virginia filed a motion Oct. 3 to dismiss the misdemeanor charges against Hasan...

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Andrew Lam fires an MK 22 bolt-action sniper rifle during a battlesight zero range at Mount Bundey Training Area, NT, Australia, May 1, 2024.

New Marine Sniper Rifle Reaches Full Operational Capability Ahead of Schedule

The Marine Corps' Mk22 Advanced Sniper Rifle will eventually replace the M40A6 and Mk13 Mod 7 in the service's arsenal.

Coast Guard News

Coast Guard Rear Adm. Sean Regan, commander, District Fourteen, salutes during a ceremony at Kalani High School in Honolulu, Hawaii, Nov. 21, 2024. The Coast Guard established its first Hawaii-based JROTC unit, also the 14th Coast Guard JROTC in the U.S.

Coast Guard Establishes First Hawaii-Based JROTC Program

Kalani High School officially activated its newly formed Coast Guard Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program, the first...