Bulletproof Safe Rooms in DoD Schools: Lawmakers Look to New Tactics to Protect Kids A bipartisan pair of lawmakers wants to install bulletproof safe rooms in the schools that serve military children, amid...
Research on Psychedelics, Marijuana as Alternative Treatment for Vets Advancing in Congress Psychedelic drugs and marijuana could be evaluated as treatments for post-traumatic disorder and other conditions afflicting...
Congress Weighs Giving Military Spouses More Options to Work Remotely for Government The unemployment rate for military spouses has remained stubbornly high despite years of efforts by the federal government to...
Gender Neutral Standards, Return to Old Fitness Test: Congress' Dueling Ideas for the Army Army planners were already looking into adjusting standards for combat jobs, including gender-neutral standards.
Lawmakers Look to Make Military Housing More Livable with Annual Defense Bill The requirement is one of several provisions included in the Senate committee's National Defense Authorization Act aimed at...
Icebreakers, Pay Raise, New Cutters: House Adds $430M to Coast Guard Budget The extra money would go to purchase the four additional ships, which are meant to boost the Coast Guard's operations in the...
House Panel Approves Defense Bill with Highest Pay Raise in Decades After Culture War Brawl Fights over diversity training, COVID-19 and LGBTQ+ troops dominated the House Armed Services Committee's yearly markup of...
Protections for Troops Booted over COVID Vaccine Mandate Added to House Defense Bill The five vaccine-related amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act passed largely along party lines, though a few...
Stolen Valor Researchers Sound Alarm on House Proposal to Curtail Access to Military Records Uncovering when people are lying about their military service could be harder under a proposal in Congress to restrict public...
A-10s Were Saved from Retirement for Years. Congress May Not Swoop to the Rescue This Time. A draft of the House's version of the annual National Defense Authorization Act policy bill would allow the service to reduce...
Nomination of Air Force Officer at Center of GOP's Fight Against 'Woke' Military Extended to 2025 Col. Ben Jonsson's nomination to become a one-star general was set to expire May 1 under a law that says military officer...
Camp Lejeune Sergeant Identified as Marine Killed During Training in North Carolina Sgt. Colin Arslanbas, a Marine with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, or MEU, died Thursday evening during a training...
‘Indefinite’ Defense Department IDs Inconvenience Air Travelers, May Be Dropped as Acceptable Identification The Transportation Security Administration's Credential Authentication Technology reads the cards' INDEF date field as...
Fort Liberty Soldier Sentenced to Over 3 Years for Romance Scams, Bilked Over $350,000 from Victims Specialist Sanda G. Frimpong, who was serving on active duty until his arrest in 2023, was ordered to pay back over $350,000...
Navy Chief Petty Officer Convicted of Attempted Espionage at San Diego Court-Martial The Navy has convicted a chief petty officer of attempted espionage, among other charges, at a court-martial in San Diego...