Acupuncture Helping Reduce Use of Pain Killers Acupuncture and other forms of alternative and complementary medicine are helping reduce the use of opioids to block pain in...
101st Airborne Troops Headed to Liberia in Ebola Fight More than 700 101st Airborne troops and 700 combat engineers are headed to Liberia to take the lead in the military’s fight...
Military Removes Live Animals from Combat Medical Training The military will substitute lifelike dummies for live animals in combat trauma training exercises for doctors and other...
Tricare Dental Coverage Slated to Increase in 2017 with New Contractor Military dental benefits will see expansions under a new contract set to go into effect next year.
Military Hospitals Are Key to Keeping Medical Staff Combat-Ready Lawmakers are looking for ways to balance combat readiness of hospitals and clinics with reforming military health care.
Coast Guard, Navy Medevac Ill Mariner from Sailing Vessel off Oahu Coast Guard and Navy aircrews conducted a medevac of a 58-year-old mariner from the 45-foot sailing vessel Second Chance 184...
Number of Zika Cases in US Military Rises to 55 All of the cases were "travel related," meaning that the virus was not contracted within the continental U.S.
UPDATED: Expanded Tricare Dental Coverage Hits May 1 A new Tricare dental contract will start in early May and bring an increase in benefits and a renewed focus on prevention.
Tricare Dental Premiums to Drop May 1 Monthly Tricare dental premiums for active-duty as well as National Guard and Reserve members and their families will drop...
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
Hegseth Wants 'Male Standard' for Combat Roles. Many Female Veterans Say That's Already the Case Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in an address to the military’s top leaders waded back into a topic that nearly derailed his...
The Forgotten Military Vehicles of ‘M*A*S*H’ Between all the martini-fueled hijinx and medical drama, “M*A*S*H” featured some pretty special military vehicles.
Hegseth's Decision on Wounded Knee Medals Sparks Outrage in Native American Communities Native American communities that had long wanted the removal of military honors for the soldiers involved in the 1890 Wounded...
Airman Confronts and Shoots Armed Neighbor on Deadly Rampage, Iowa Officials Say Harrison Friar, a senior airman, was with his wife and children at their home in Glenwood on the evening of Aug. 6 when they...
