Future of Proposed Mental Health Program for Pregnant Troops in Limbo as Lawmakers, Pentagon Disagree The provision in question in the House-passed NDAA, would create a pilot program that would integrate perinatal mental health...
Smaller But More Diverse Group of Veterans Running for Congress This Year At a time when diversity in the military has become a political punching bag, the share of veterans running for Congress who...
Lawmakers Looking to Make VA Overhaul Suicide Prevention Algorithm that Favored Men The Department of Veterans Affairs would be forced to overhaul an artificial intelligence program that helps direct suicide...
Lawmakers Launch Investigation of Reported Faulty Welds on Navy Subs and Aircraft Carriers Reports that welds on Navy submarines and aircraft carriers being built at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia may have...
Annual Cost-of-Living Boost for Veterans Benefits Finalized by Congress The increase applies to disability benefits, clothing allowances, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving...
Extra $12B for VA Medical Budget in Limbo After Exclusion from Short-Term Spending Bill Lawmakers did not include the requested VA funding in the continuing resolution -- and are so far not committing to including...
Veterans Could Get Free Gun Safes Under Suicide Prevention Proposal Introduced in House Any veteran who wants a lockbox to store their firearm would be able to get one for free from the Department of Veterans...
House Approves GOP Resolution Condemning Biden and Harris over Afghanistan Withdrawal The resolution condemned Biden, Harris and other officials in the administration for “decision-making and execution failures...
Senate Approves National Guard Chief, Ending 2-Month Vacancy As part of a batch of military confirmations, the Senate voted by voice Tuesday night to confirm Lt. Gen. Steven Nordhaus as...
'Significant Consequences': Army Secretary Warns Congress over Short-Term Funding Wormuth emphasized that a planned three-month continuing resolution set to fund the Army starting Oct. 1 will have...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
![House Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-09/ApNewsroom_Congress_Afghanistan_Withdrawl_58082.jpg?itok=-BKvvyCI "House Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, presides over a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing "An Assessment of the State Departments Withdrawal from Afghanistan by Americas Top Diplomat," on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)")
