What to know about Tricare costs and changes as open season starts
It’s that time of year when you can make changes to your military health care plan. The Tricare open season runs through Dec. 10. Some Tricare beneficiaries are also eligible for the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program, or FEDVIP. That program’s open season...
Trump picks former congressman Doug Collins as next VA secretary
President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday announced former Georgia congressman Doug Collins as his pick to be the next Veterans Affairs Secretary, filling another key Cabinet post with a military veteran. The announcement of Collins, 58, came as a surprise to many within the veterans community,...
Military suicides rose in 2023, continuing a troubling trend
Military suicides increased again in 2023, continuing a steady and concerning rise in self-inflicted deaths among servicemembers over more than a decade, according to statistics released by the Defense Department on Thursday. Pentagon officials downplayed the significance of the 6% rise in suicides from 2022...
Piss poor: Inside the ‘sloppy’ practices of a military urinalysis lab
A Marine Corps gunnery sergeant and Afghanistan war hero saw his drug conviction overturned this fall by the Navy and Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals. Gunnery Sgt. Rory R. Hirst’s conviction was based on a urine sample that tested positive for an illegal drug....
Gary Sinise Foundation, building company present free home to wounded Army veteran
One Army veteran and his family have a brand-new place to call home tonight, free of charge, thanks to the charity of two organizations working together. Retired U.S. Army Sergeant Joshua Hargis, a decorated Army Ranger and K9 handler, received a mortgage-free custom home thanks...
US forces target Houthi weapons storage facilities in Yemen over the weekend: CENTCOM
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Could Trump drop the VA and DOD abortion access policies right away?
Conservative lawmakers hope that scrapping abortion access policies at the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs will be among the first major changes when President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. But overturning those policies may not be as easy as a quick executive order....
Trump’s defense choice, a Fox News host, stuns the Pentagon
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary, tapping someone largely inexperienced and untested on the global stage to take over the world’s largest and most powerful...
