Senators seek to make it easier for VA to exhume ‘disgraced’ veterans
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators wants to make it easier to exhume and remove the remains of veterans convicted of serious crimes from national cemeteries. “The burial grounds of our national cemeteries should be reserved for the bravest and most honorable among us,” said...
Ukraine expects $3.5 billion fund for US weapons, Zelenskyy says
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine expects there will be around $3.5 billion by next month in a fund to buy weapons from the United States and help sustain its more than three-year fight against Russia’s all-out invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday. The financial arrangement...
Sept. 30 deadline nears for Tricare West specialty care referrals
Tricare Prime beneficiaries in the West Region should take note of a looming deadline for specialty care referrals to avoid paying out-of-pocket costs. The deadline is Sept. 30 and applies to two types of referrals. This includes beneficiaries who have been receiving care under referrals...
Marines expand barracks refresh project to more West Coast locations
West Coast Marines have expanded their ongoing barracks refresh to more installations to address backlogged maintenance issues in Marine housing. The two-week surge began Monday with Operation Clean Sweep III, hosted by I Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations West, according to a service...
Experts debunk DOD claim about autism therapy, demand its availability
Defense Health Agency officials should formally authorize Applied Behavior Analysis, a widely recognized intervention to help children with autism, as a basic Tricare benefit, according to a report on the findings of a congressionally mandated independent study. The report, conducted by the National Academies of...
Why Truman changed the ‘War Department’ to the ‘Department of Defense’
During a White House press event on Aug. 25, President Donald Trump remarked that the Department of Defense name “didn’t sound good” to him. “Department of Defense, I don’t want to be defense only,” he continued. “We want defense, but we want offense, too. The...
Pentagon unveils new grooming standards overhaul for military troops
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Pentagon unveiled a new overhaul of grooming standards to further ensure service members are ‘clean-shaven’ this week. War Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops needing a medical exemption can retain facial hair for one year...
Man rams FBI gate in Pittsburgh ‘act of terror.; flees scene; suspect identified
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A man drove a car into a metal gate at the FBI’s Pittsburgh field office early Wednesday in what authorities described as an intentional “act of terror.” The suspect, identified as Donald Henson of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania,...