Service members and their families at 14 military installations can now move to their next duty stations using a new streamlined system for shipping their belongings designed to overcome longstanding problems with military moves.
A temporary waiver in effect through Thursday allows active-duty and retired military personnel on TRICARE health plans to refill prescriptions without additional approval from prescribing doctors.
The military’s approach to preventing fatigue is fragmented and requires greater oversight to prevent potentially fatal accidents and help sleep-deprived service members, a government watchdog agency said this week.
The lawsuit claims Wells Fargo failed to follow the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, which allows loan debts to be cut to a 6% interest rate after service members are called to duty.
American forces are not yet being kicked out of Niger, a top Pentagon policymaker told House lawmakers Thursday just days after the country’s military junta announced it was severing ties with the U.S. military.
Senior enlisted leaders threw their support behind a proposal to widen military family eligibility for a basic needs allowance on Wednesday, urging lawmakers to approve the measure to help lessen food insecurity.
Sending Ukraine needed ammunition and other military support helps deter China from using its growing military might in the Pacific, including against Taiwan, top U.S. defense officials told lawmakers on Wednesday.
Families were unaware their relatives’ organs had been exhumed in some cases, while others didn’t have their wishes for the remains honored, a report of the findings said.
Military families are growing increasingly unlikely to recommend an armed forces career to loved ones, with fewer than one-third of respondents in the largest annual survey of military life saying they would do so.