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As the population of U.S. veterans becomes more diverse and vets’ needs, from employment to medical treatment, continue to evolve, the demographic remains among the most difficult to survey. A subset of the general population, veterans are most easily reached en masse through Department of Veterans Affairs rolls. But that leaves approximately half of all veterans out, according to the Pentagon-lin...[Read More]
Carrier’s move to South America leaves Mideast, Europe with none
President Donald Trump’s decision to shift the nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier to South America in his campaign against drug cartels is pulling the ship out of the Mediterranean Sea at a time when a tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been threatened by new strikes in Gaza. The U.S. is set to be in the fairly unusual position of having only a single aircraft carrier deployed and...[Read More]
White House urged firing live bombs for Trump’s Navy visit: AP sources
The White House pressed U.S. Navy officials to launch 2,000-pound live bombs instead of dummy explosives during an elaborate military demonstration for the service’s 250th anniversary celebration that President Donald Trump attended, two people familiar with planning for the event told The Associated Press. One person familiar with the planning said White House officials insisted to Navy planners ...[Read More]
White House urged firing live bombs for Trump’s Navy visit: AP sources
The White House pressed U.S. Navy officials to launch 2,000-pound live bombs instead of dummy explosives during an elaborate military demonstration for the service’s 250th anniversary celebration that President Donald Trump attended, two people familiar with planning for the event told The Associated Press. One person familiar with the planning said White House officials insisted to Navy planners ...[Read More]
Vance says troops will be paid as pressure builds to end shutdown
Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday he believes U.S. military members will be paid at the end of the week, though he did not specify how the Trump administration will reconfigure funding as pain from the second-longest shutdown spreads nationwide. The funding fight in Washington gained new urgency this week as millions of Americans face the prospect of losing food assistance, more federal workers...[Read More]
Vance says troops will be paid as pressure builds to end shutdown
Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday he believes U.S. military members will be paid at the end of the week, though he did not specify how the Trump administration will reconfigure funding as pain from the second-longest shutdown spreads nationwide. The funding fight in Washington gained new urgency this week as millions of Americans face the prospect of losing food assistance, more federal workers...[Read More]
US Navy releases new social media guidelines for service members
A U.S. Navy memo released this month details military personnel’s responsibilities when posting on social media. The service said in the memo that it is reviewing reports of personnel violating its current social media policies. The disclosure of an internal review appears to be one of the main differences between the new memo and a previous social media guideline memo released March 14. “We are c...[Read More]
Tricare to increase pharmacy copayments, add new benefits in 2026
Tricare health beneficiaries who fill prescriptions outside a military health facility will pay more for medications next year, but they will also have expanded access to new treatments for conditions like lung cancer and chronic back pain, under an announcement made by the federal government Tuesday. According to a notice in the Federal Register, most Tricare prescription copayments for medicatio...[Read More]
Navy Confirms Evacuations As Hurricane Melissa Roared Toward The Caribbean
The Navy has evacuated 864 family members, civilian employees, and contractors from Naval Station Guantánamo Bay as Hurricane Melissa powers toward the Caribbean as a Category 5 storm.
‘Nuremberg’ to capture cat-and-mouse game between Göring, captors
On May 8, 1945, “der dicke Hermann,” or “Fat Herman” to the German public, stepped out of his vehicle. With the writing on the wall, Hermann Göring, the leader of the Luftwaffe, had surrendered to the Americans. “Twelve years,” he purportedly muttered. “I’ve had a good run for my money.” Now, based on Jack El-Hai’s book “The Nazi and the Psychiatrist,” director James Vanderbilt is bringing Göring’...[Read More]
Shutdown causes turmoil for some military families’ food assistance
Families across the country are facing a Nov. 1 cutoff of key food assistance because of the government shutdown, including military families who find themselves in a variety of different situations depending on where they live. The good news for about 10,000 military families using WIC Overseas is their benefits have experienced no disruption, and they won’t be affected if the shutdown continues ...[Read More]
To coordinate strikes from space, US needs space JTACs, experts argue
Not long after airplanes were first used in war, armies realized that close air support required specialists on the ground to coordinate with the pilots. Hence the advent of forward air controllers, and later the U.S. military’s Joint Terminal Attack Controllers, or JTACs. But if you need JTACs to call in air strikes, and space-based weapons are becoming a reality, then don’t you also need special...[Read More]