Air Force Awards $50,000 Grant to Help Treat Infertility in Airmen The Air Force is investing $50K in a progesterone-testing kit company that could help service members trying to conceive.
This Military Kid Wrote a Book on Coping with Deployments and His Dad Illustrated To help other military families also be brave, the father and son duo recently published a children's book.
Nominations Open for the Military Child of the Year Award Military kids are the unsung heroes of this crazy life. Now, here's a way to recognize them.
Meet the Retired Generals Working to End Childhood Obesity for a Fitter Force A report by the organization Mission: Readiness declared the child obesity epidemic a national security issue.
How to Afford Child Care After Leaving the Military Child care is expensive. Do you have a plan for affording it?
New Citizenship Policy to Affect Roughly 25 Military Children Per Year, Officials Say The policy spells out what the department deems residency in terms of U.S. citizenship considerations of offspring born...
Terminally Ill Military Kids Can Now Receive Both Treatment and Hospice Parents of children with terminal illness covered by Tricare no longer have to choose between treatment and end-of-life care.
New Data Finds Child Abuse, Neglect Still Underreported in the Army The Defense Health Board is reviewing DoD policies to prevent and detect child maltreatment in military families.
Lawmakers Blast Military Personnel Chiefs over Shortage of On-Base Child Care The wait lists for on-base child care can be six months or more for military families.
Top Enlisted Leader at Air Force Special Operations Command Fired, Facing Investigation Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green, who advised on the readiness, training and quality of life of enlisted air commandos, was...
Army to Soldiers: Reenlist by Monday if You Want to Claim Incentives While it is not unusual for the Army to curtail incentives after meeting its retention goals, the troops were given little...
Former Air Force Commander Punished with 21 Days' Confinement, Forfeiture of Pay After Guilty Plea Col. Christopher Meeker, the former commander of Wright-Patterson's 88th Air Base Wing, was sentenced Tuesday evening after...
New Air Force Academy Mission Statement Drops Educate, Adds a Different Focus The Air Force Academy has rolled out a new mission statement that drops the word "educate" and adds in a focus on winning...
The Army Is Getting Rid of Athletic Trainers The Army is set to phase out its unit-level athletic trainers -- civilian specialists tasked with providing immediate care...
![A child sits with a book.](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2019-12/military-child-author.jpg?itok=tR0TAakc "Davidson Whetstone -- a pen name used by the author -- sits at a signing for his book, "Brave for my Family." (Courtesy photo via U.S. Army)")
![A policy change, ordered by the 2018 NDAA, will allow military dependents under 21 to receive both medical treatment for their terminal illness and care that falls under the umbrella of "hospice." (U.S. Army/ Sgt. Ian Valley)](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2019-08/child-surgery-1800.jpg?itok=B-6N8G3W "A policy change, ordered by the 2018 NDAA, will allow military dependents under 21 to receive both medical treatment for their terminal illness and care that falls under the umbrella of "hospice." (U.S. Army/ Sgt. Ian Valley)")
