Pentagon Budget Targets Pay, Benefits, Tricare The plan would spare favored programs from cutbacks, including cyberwar, Special Operations and drone operations.
Pentagon Promises to Try to Cut Pay and Benefits Again The Pentagon will try again to cut pay, pensions and other benefits despite losing previous battles with Congress.
Proposed Hikes to Tricare Pharmacy Fees Stall Defense Bill Talks Proposed increases to pharmacy co-pays that would mostly affect retirees have stalled negotiations on the annual defense bill...
Will Tricare Reforms Improve Access, Raise Fees or Both? Reform plans in Congress are moving away from the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission...
Pilot Program to Steer Tricare Users to Military Hospitals A new pilot program will give some Tricare users who are admitted to a civilian hospital the option to transfer.
Well-Child Visits Now Covered under Tricare Policy Under previous rules, Tricare coverage for well-child exams stopped at age 6. The new policy extends those visits through age...
Tricare Officials to Continue Online Portal Upgrades Major additions are planned for this fall, including parental access to online health records of users under age 12.
Hagel: Military Health Care Acceptable Despite Safety Alarms A lengthy review found that Military Health System provided average care meeting national standards to active duty service...
New Tricare Drug Prices Take Effect Oct. 1, Pentagon Says Military families who refill some brand-name medications at retail pharmacies will need to either switch to home delivery...
Tricare Fee Cuts for Autism Therapy Stir Access Worries The director of the TRICARE Health Plan said she doesn't expect the fee cuts to cause a significant shift of providers for...
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...
