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The new head of Concerned Veterans for America wants to make sure the recent rise in awareness around the group leads to even more influence and involvement in national policy discussions. “The last thing that I want is for there to be any slack just because we’ve already racked up wins, on Veterans Affairs accountability, on Afghanistan oversight and other issues,” said John Vick, recently named ...[Read More]

Active-duty service members will have a new benefit in 2025: health care flexible spending accounts. Service members will have the option to open health care flexible spending accounts for the first time during a special enrollment period in March 2025. In essence, a health care FSA is a savings account that can be used to pay for items not covered by health or dental insurance. Such accounts have...[Read More]

In a vote over the weekend slipped in while senators remained in Washington to debate the Trump administration’s mega domestic policy bill, the Senate confirmed Vice Adm. Brad Cooper to be the new chief of Central Command.

Navy, state and local officials celebrated the completion of a micro-grid at the naval submarine base, a project they said will make the base more energy resilient and serve as a model for other military installations across the country.

The Marine Corps has officially hit full operational capability on its new sniper rifle a year ahead of schedule. The Corps chose the Mk22 Mod 0 Advanced Sniper Rifle, manufactured by Barrett Firearms, a company widely known for their groundbreaking work in developing the .50 caliber sniper rifle, as a changeable, multi-barrel rifle to replace two existing long rifles and give shooters three calib...[Read More]

Senate lawmakers finalized plans Wednesday for a new home loan safety net program designed to prevent veterans from facing foreclosure, replacing a similar but controversial effort canceled by Veterans Affairs officials earlier this year. The bill, known as the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, had previously passed the House and now awaits President Donald Trump’s signature to become law. It would...[Read More]

A U.S. Army veteran from Texas, driving a truck adorned with a flag of the Islamic State, rammed into a crowd of New Year’s revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early Wednesday morning, killing 15 people and injuring dozens more. The suspect in the deadly rampage, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, was shot dead at the scene during an exchange of gunfire with police. Weapons and a potential improvised e...[Read More]

Thousands of Defense Department civilians in Japan may get some help with access to local medical care under a new pilot program, but advocates are skeptical and point to continuing flaws in the system. The nine-month pilot program for supplemental health support services begins Jan. 1 and runs through Sept. 29, according to the DOD announcement. About 11,000 DOD civilians working in Japan will be...[Read More]

A recently announced Navy initiative will help expand work opportunities for sailors unable to deploy by placing them in shore billets that suit their unique expertise, according to a service administrative fact sheet released Monday. The EMPLOY program will place sailors who are dealing with injury or serious illness into positions that match their rank, and which would otherwise be gapped, a Nav...[Read More]