Troops Still Aren't Getting Enough Sleep, and the Defense Department Isn't Taking Responsibility, Watchdog Says A recent GAO report recommends more top-level ownership in the military to help improve troop sleeping patterns.
Pentagon Policy Paying Travel Costs for Abortions, Other Health Care Was Used Only 12 Times from June to December Paying for transportation, lodging and meals for those 12 round trips from a service member's home station to the location of...
Finding Money: How the Pentagon Dug Down and Found $300M for Ukraine But Is Still Deep in the Red For the second time in nine months, Defense Department accountants have found a way to send more military aid to Ukraine.
VIP Health System for Top US Officials Risked Jeopardizing Care for Soldiers Top U.S. officials in the Washington area have received preferential treatment from a little-known health care program run by...
How Female Service Members Paved the Way for the Modern Women’s Rights Movement The contributions that servicewomen have made to the broader fight for women’s equality in the workplace has largely been...
Pentagon Complied with COVID-19 Waiver Rules According to Watchdog But Services Moved Slowly A Pentagon watchdog review of the military's COVID-19 vaccine exemption process found that each of the branches largely...
US Doubles Pentagon Budget for Multinational Haiti Force, Hoping to Expedite Deployment The Biden administration is doubling its defense spending on a multinational force for Haiti, hoping to speed up the start of...
Pentagon's $850 Billion Budget Would Tap US Stockpiles to Arm Taiwan President Joe Biden’s proposed $850 billion Pentagon budget for fiscal 2025 sends less-than-subtle strategic messages aimed...
Former SecDef Weighs in on Syria, Turkey and Mattis' Departure Former Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is out with a book on the inner workings of the Pentagon.
Electronic Health Record System Unveiled at VA and Pentagon's Largest Shared Health Care Facility The rollout marks the first since the VA paused its adoption of the Oracle Cerner system after issues arose with...
Army Unveils Occupational Fields that Need More Soldiers – and Bonuses to Get Them Filled Referred to as "precision retention," the program highlights overcrowded occupational specialties, such as cavalry scouts and...
Air Force Colonel Heading Maintenance Group at New Mexico Base Is Relieved of Command Col. Danzel Albertsen, commander of the 49th Maintenance Group at Holloman Air Force Base, was removed from his leadership...
The Mental Burden of Using Military Benefits For those who have to line up specialty or mental health care, the back and forth can become a full-time job. But is the...
The Standoff at Gate 36: Texas Sends in the Troops to Block Migrants from Seeking Asylum Immigration enforcement has long been the domain of the federal government. But Texas is challenging that at a time when...
1,100 Army Corps of Engineers Personnel to Help Clear Debris in Baltimore Bridge Collapse The Army Corps of Engineers is set to review the damage and remove and manage debris from the river, with the eventual goal...