HIV Status Will No Longer Automatically Disqualify Troops from Deployment, Retention An update to the DoD's policy on HIV overturned a previous regulation that allowed commanders to involuntarily separate...
Austin Returns to Pentagon After Kicking Second COVID-19 Infection The decision to return was made after Austin tested negative for the virus on Sunday following a workweek of quarantining at...
Austin Catches COVID Again and Is Working from Home Austin, who is vaccinated, said he received the positive test results and had only mild symptoms from the virus.
After 2-Year Pandemic Break, Warrior Games Athletes Get Another Shot at Competition Hosted by the Army's Training and Doctrine Command, the 2022 Department of Defense Warrior Games are scheduled for Aug. 19-28...
Defense Department Keeping Its Autism Care Program Through 2028 The program, designed to help roughly 16,000 military children, will be continued as researchers determine how effective it...
Number of Monkeypox Cases in the Military Climbs Tenfold in Less than 4 Weeks The Defense Department has had 40 members diagnosed with monkeypox, including 26 active-duty personnel.
The New Pentagon Spokesperson Is an Air Force One-Star The Department of Defense announced Thursday that Brig. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder will be the Pentagon's newest spokesperson --...
Military Faces National Guard Refusals and Legal Blockade over Disobeying COVID-19 Vaccine Order While many Guardsmen have outright refused to get vaccinated, some service members have put off getting inoculated while...
New Defense Department ID Cards Are Finally Compatible With TSA Security Since the new cards were rolled out in 2020, cardholders have been unable to use them for check-in at many U.S. airports.
Suicides Among US Troops Rose 15% in 2020, With Firearms Closely Tied to Deaths Pentagon officials claimed, however, that compared to previous years, the increase is not statistically significant.
Trump Reportedly Weighs Immediate Discharge of All Transgender Troops. Here's What That Would Mean. The proposed plan, as first reported by the Times of London, would entail signing an order within days of Trump taking office...
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...
Overseas Troops to See Fewer Sweets, More Sweet Potatoes on Their Holiday Tables This Year For some unexplained reason, the Defense Logistics Agency is shipping 800% more sweet potatoes overseas than it did last...
For Soldiers at Fort Carson, Food Is Scarce As Americans gather for Thanksgiving feasts, soldiers at Fort Carson, Colorado, are contending with a far less festive...
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...
