Troops Are Reimbursed for Shipping Breast Milk During Temporary Duty But Not Moves. That Could Change. The Pentagon is weighing a change to its Joint Travel Regulations to reimburse for costs related to shipping frozen breast...
VA Fertility Benefits for Military Veterans More VA beneficiaries became eligible for fertility treatments in 2024. Here's who qualifies and what to expect.
9 Military Hospitals Receive Top Marks for Patient Safety The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit aimed at improving patient care, published grades for 21 Defense Health Agency facilities in...
Tricare Lowers Age for Colon Cancer Screenings to 45 The change in coverage comes as people younger than 50 are getting colon cancer more often, according to the American Cancer...
Marine Corps Creates Billet to Keep Dual-Military Families Together During Stressful Moves The billet, which is called the dual-military coordinator, will act as a liaison between couples and their career monitors in...
Military Clinicians Not Particularly Happy with DoD’s New Electronic Health Records System, Watchdog Finds A new report finds that the system, now used at all military treatment facilities except for most dental clinics, earns low...
Why Divorce Is Particularly Hard on Military Families According to reports based on U.S. Census Bureau data, those who have served in the military have the highest divorce rate of...
Will a Federal Fix for Complex License Rules Help Combat Military Spouse Unemployment? Without the ability to transfer licenses across states, military spouses aren't able to take advantage of the hard work they...
The Cost of Medical Stigmas for Military Families Decades of help-discouraging behavior and outdated medical policies have fueled a pervasive stigma that impacts military...
Have Military Spouses Removed Barriers That Prevented Them from Working Overseas? The National Military Spouse Network, or NMSN, advocates for improvements to military spouse employment opportunities...
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Marines Suffer Most Cases of 2 Life-Threatening Conditions Related to Exercise and Heat, Report Finds The April issue of the Defense Department's Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, published last week, was focused entirely on...
Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops The recommendation from the House Armed Services Committee in its draft version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or...
Army Eliminates Online Training Requirement for Noncommissioned Officers, Saying It's Too Burdensome The Army has eliminated a significant part of its online training for enlisted troops -- a learning program that has drawn...
Wide-Ranging Veterans Bill Gets Agreement Between House and Senate The Department of Veterans Affairs caregiver program, the beleaguered electronic health records program, veteran homelessness...