DOD civilians can shop at these 16 commissaries during expansion test
Department of Defense civilian employees can shop at 16 commissaries during a pilot program for the next 120 days. The select stores, all located in the continental United States, will be open to all DOD civilian employees, both appropriated fund and nonappropriated fund employees. The...
Efforts working to curb long-term opioid use in military, study finds
Researchers have found “significant reductions” in the use of long-term prescriptions of opioids after surgery among patients in the Military Health System, according to a new report. A study published Wednesday in the Lancet Regional Health journal found a 38% reduction in the risk of...
Anduril, OpenAI partner to boost counter-drone tech for bases, troops
Defense technology firm Anduril Industries announced this week it will partner with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI to use the company’s artificial intelligence models to improve the U.S. military’s ability to protect its bases and personnel from drone attacks. “Anduril and OpenAI will explore how leading edge AI...
House committee investigating sexual misconduct at Veterans Affairs facility
Investigative documents shared with a congressional committee revealed “disturbing and disgusting” sexual relationships and misconduct among workers at a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facility in Tennessee, the committee chairman said Wednesday. Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, has...
VA plans to expand caregiver benefits, postpone program discharges
Veterans Affairs officials on Thursday unveiled plans to expand caregiver support services to thousands more families in coming years, while also easing program rules to minimize disruptions for families already receiving those benefits. The move comes more than two years after department leaders suspended their...
This Marine Corps unit now has a ship-killing missile in its toolkit
The Marine Corps’ newest formation now has the service’s key weapon in its armory: a ship-killing missile. The 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment out of Marine Corps Base Hawaii recently announced the unit had received the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS. The NMESIS serves...
Ukraine blinds Russian target seekers with drone-on-drone combat
Necessity is the mother of invention, and Ukraine continues to push this adage to new heights of technical and tactical ingenuity in the use of aerial drone technology to fight the Russian invasion. After having dramatically reshaped the tactical combat on land since their introduction...
Trust in the military on the rise, but still below pre-pandemic levels
Public trust in the military rose slightly in the last year and remains significantly higher than most other civic institutions, according to results from the annual Reagan National Defense Survey released Thursday. More than half of the individuals polled in the report — 51% —...
Soldiers report empty food kiosks, small portions at Fort Carson
Leaders at Fort Carson say they’re working to make changes following reports from soldiers about meager and unappetizing meals in the dining facilities at a Colorado Army base. Objections about the food at Fort Carson spiked on the Yelp-style app, Hots&Cots, this fall. The app,...
