VA Disqualifies Vets from Caregiver Program Despite Promised Pause amid Review The VA has paused discharges from the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers out of concern that nearly...
Can Spouses Be Buried in Veterans Cemeteries? It's not something we like to think about, but it's a benefit you earned.
Air Force Wants Big Increase for 2023 Budget to Improve On-Base Housing for Military Families Funds to improve the dwellings provided by privatized housing companies doubled in the budget request, with around $110...
'We're Not Perfect,' Military Housing Company Tells Congress Amid New Claims of Mold, Unsafe Conditions Families say the company, Balfour Beatty Communities, ignored requests for maintenance and provided substandard homes.
Military Housing Still Unsafe for Families Served by Company That Pleaded Guilty to Fraud, Congressional Investigation Alleges The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations found that Balfour Beatty ignored requests or delayed repairs to military...
New Benefit Pays for Troops, Civilian Employees to Ship Breast Milk While on Official Travel The Air Force Women's Initiative Team pressed for the new policy for two and a half years.
VA Wants to Give More Vets Access to Infertility Treatments, Drop Copays for Contraception The department has asked for more than $35 million in its 2023 budget to cover the cost of contraceptives and expand injured...
Air Force and Space Force Will Now Allow Troops Up to 35 Days Off for Fertility Treatments The policy update is the latest Department of the Air Force directive aimed at more progressive changes accommodating women...
Pentagon Won't Merge Commissaries and Exchanges, for Now In a memo issued April 4, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said savings and operational efficiency can be achieved in...
Senators Want Tricare to Cover Eating Disorders for Retiree Families A bipartisan group of senators wants the military's health insurance to extend coverage for binge eating, anorexia, bulimia...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
