Tricare West Region Beneficiaries Urged to Change Payment Information Before Jan. 1 The contract transfer to TriWest Healthcare Alliance requires beneficiaries to update their recurring payment information for...
Defense Bill Mandates Changes to Weapons, Other Steps to Protect Troops' Brain Health Members of Congress in both parties have been increasingly concerned about traumatic brain injuries, or TBI, among service...
Here Are Your BAH Rates for 2025 The 2025 BAH rates (or Basic Allowance for Housing) are designed to meet current housing costs.
No More Copays: Defense Bill Set to Sign Off on Free Birth Control for Military Families Free birth control will be available to all Tricare users after more than a decade of efforts to eliminate copays for...
Army Cuts Popular Education Benefit in Half, Bars Officers as Costs Soar The Army is dramatically scaling back one of its most generous education benefits, the Credentialing Assistance program known...
Defense Bill with Massive Junior Enlisted Raise, Restriction on Health Care for Trans Military Kids Passes House Despite anger from Democratic lawmakers at language that would restrict health care for transgender children of service...
Navy Overhaul of Exceptional Family Member Program Raises Concerns over Ditching Categories Months after sending a letter to families forecasting the change, the Navy has formally announced the revamp of its...
Tricare Changes are Coming in 2025. Here’s What Beneficiaries Need to Know Right Now Tricare beneficiaries need to be aware of changes taking place in both the East and West regions and may need to take action...
Military Suicides Rose in 2023, Continuing Upward Trend Pentagon Sees as 'Real Change' Defense Department Suicide Prevention Office staff said the DoD is making unprecedented investments in suicide prevention in...
Tricare Costs Are Going Up Again in 2025 Military and retiree households will pay more for Tricare in 2025, with most increases in the 2% to 3% range.
Army ROTC Programs at Dozens of Campuses Are Being Shut Down or Reorganized The Army is undertaking a major shake-up of its Reserve Officers' Training Corps footprint, shutting down or reorganizing...
Afghan Ally Who Was Detained by ICE Now Facing Fast-Tracked Deportation Sayed Naser Noori, whose legal team has provided reporters with paperwork confirming he worked with the military as an...
New Army Shaving Policy Will Allow Soldiers with Skin Condition that Affects Mostly Black Men to Be Kicked Out The Army is preparing to roll out a new policy that could lead to soldiers diagnosed with a chronic skin condition that...
After Offer of Back Pay, Only 13 COVID Vaccine Refusers Returned to Military Service Months after the Pentagon rolled out a policy aimed at wooing back service members booted from the military over the COVID-19...
LA Army Veteran with Purple Heart Self-Deports to South Korea Under Threat of Deportation An Army veteran who was awarded a Purple Heart self-deported to South Korea as he was threatened with being detained and...
