Marijuana Refugees: Wounded Veterans Willing to Move for Medicinal Pot The Senate passed legislation with a provision that would allow Veterans Affairs Department doctors to recommend medical...
Groups Oppose Plan to Steer More Vets to Private Health Care Providers Veterans organizations said that McCain's Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2016 t threatens the VA's mission of integrated care.
Senator Urges 'Buddy System' for Air Force Trainees Sen. Ernst's concern stems from a recent visit to Fort Sam Houston, which focused on the investigation of military sexual...
Major Financial Bill May Eliminate Some Troop Protections The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would be overhauled and its power dramatically reduced by the Financial Choice Act.
Gillibrand’s Military Sexual Assault Bill Fails The Senate rejected a sexual assault bill designed to deny commanders the authority to determine what cases to prosecute.
Senate Passes Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention Bill The Senate unanimously passed veterans legislation on Tuesday intended to reduce the veteran suicide rate, which averages to...
House Committee Votes to Directly Arm Kurds in Northern Iraq A House committee has approved a bill calling on the president to directly arm the Kurds fighting ISIS in northern Iraq...
Lawmakers Blast VA for Abandoning 'Fast-track' Firing Authority Department officials notified lawmakers they were passing on the expanded firing authority included in the VA Accountability...
Veterans in Congress Call for Ban Exemptions for Iraqi Interpreters The letter asks Trump to grant the request of Mattis to exempt Iraqi interpreters, aides and allies from the scope of the...
Senators Push to End 'Discrepancies' in Enlisted Pay A bill was introduced in the Senate on Wednesday aimed at correcting "discrepancies" in the pay rates for enlisted personnel.
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...
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...
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...
Steel Company Tied to Deadly Air Force Osprey Crash Faced Defective Parts Lawsuit in 2001 Military officials have refused to say whether they're still working with a company responsible for making the gear that...
Japan Will Hold First Memorial for 'All Workers' at Sado Gold Mines But Blurs WWII Atrocity. Why? Historians say hundreds of Koreans were forced to labor in the mines under brutal conditions during World War II.
![Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa said she was surprised that the Air Force is the only service that has no "buddy system" for its students in training status. (US Govt photo)](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/media/people/2017/01/senatorernst012817.jpg?itok=lqEYQDU6 "Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa said she was surprised that the Air Force is the only service that has no "buddy system" for its students in training status. (US Govt photo)")
