After Delays, Army Secretary Signs 'Brandon Act' Policy on Self-Referrals for Mental Health Evaluations After a delay that drew criticism from advocates, Secretary Christine Wormuth rolled out instructions for soldiers designed...
Too Many Managers, Too Few Providers? Watchdog Tells Defense Health Agency to Reexamine Its Market Structure Military health system reforms have kept the Defense Health Agency’s budget flat relative to inflation, but the effort needs...
'Woke' Pentagon Spending at Center of Upcoming Government Shutdown Fight Risk of a government shutdown this fall is rising after a powerful bloc of House conservatives vowed to oppose any stopgap...
Pentagon Set to Allow Calculator Use on Military Entrance Exam as Recruiting Slumps The change would put the ASVAB on par with how test-taking has evolved in the past decade, with calculators being widely used...
Six Months After New Abortion Leave Policy, Pentagon Doesn't Know How Many Troops Have Used It The services have until January to provide the data to Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gil Cisneros'...
TriWest Wins GAO Decision on $65B Tricare Contract That Covers Half of US The current holder of the multibillion-dollar contract, Health Net Federal Services, plans to file a civil suit over the...
'Unprecedented' Promotion Hold Leads to 3rd Service Without a Confirmed Chief Adm. Lisa Franchetti did not take over for Adm. Mike Gilday, the Navy's outgoing uniformed leader, on Monday because of a...
DoD Resources for Physical Health, Wellness, Nutrition and Injury Prevention and Recovery Within the Defense Department, the Defense Health Agency has realized the need for science-based human performance...
Pentagon Activates National Guard, Sends Helicopters to Aid in Deadly Hawaii Fires The wildfires on the popular Hawaiian island -- fueled by strong winds from a passing hurricane -- have claimed 36 lives...
Veterans Discharged Under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' and Earlier Bans Sue Pentagon to Correct Records While veterans who were discharged under the policy that banned gay and lesbian troops from serving openly can apply to 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...
The Best Amazon Black Friday Week 2024 Deals for Service Members, Veterans and Their Families America’s favorite shopping holiday isn’t just a single day, or even a weekend, anymore. Here’s how U.S. service members...
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...
GOP Senator Stalls Promotion of General Who Became Symbol of Afghanistan Withdrawal Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue, who has been nominated to receive a fourth star and take command of U.S. Army forces in Europe...
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...