House Panel Moves to Block Cuts to Troop Benefits A House subcommittee offered legislation to reject proposed cuts to benefits including housing allowances and Tricare.
Hagel Renews Push for Pay Cuts, Base Closings Hagel will press ahead with proposals to trim pay and benefits and close bases despite rejection by a key House committee.
New Bills Expand Special Needs Therapy Tricare users with developmental disabilities will have access to a specific therapy under a pair of new bills introduced...
House Passes Defense Bill, Boosts Troop Pay Raise The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $601 billion defense bill that would spare cuts to military benefits next year.
Senators Push VA to Offer Private Sector Care Four GOP Senators on Tuesday filed legislation aimed at speeding up medical care for veterans by enabling more to go to the...
Report: Tricare Appeals Taking a Year While Navy Cmdr. Cassidy Norman navigates the murky waters of the Tricare coverage appeals process, the bills pile-up for his...
Families Forced to Give Up Civilian Health Care Over 27,000 Army and Navy Tricare Prime users who see civilian primary care providers are automatically being moved back to...
DoD Finds Health Problems Similar to What VA Faces The Military Health System for active-duty troops has problems similar to those uncovered at the VA.
Advocates Slam New Tricare for Kids Report Military health care advocates poked holes in a new Defense Department report released on Tricare programs serving children.
Pentagon Promises to Try to Cut Pay and Benefits Again The Pentagon will try again to cut pay, pensions and other benefits despite losing previous battles with Congress.
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...
