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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]

The new chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee believes lawmakers can find solutions to expand care options for veterans outside the department’s health care system without the debate devolving into political sparring. “Community Care is an issue that divides people, and often it’s Republicans and Democrats,” said Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, in an interview with Military Times about hi...[Read More]

With the start of new Tricare contracts, beneficiaries can expect some changes to their military health care, including the expansion of some benefits, according to military advocates and officials. Defense Health Agency officials said the new contracts, which went into effect Jan. 1, will provide more efficient referral transfers between the East and West Tricare regions; greater access to highly...[Read More]

NEW YORK — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has deployed National Guard troops to secure state-run prisons amid a wildcat strike by corrections workers. Picketing and striking by corrections officers took place at around 30 state prisons as of Wednesday morning, union officials said. Hochul says National Guard troops are being deployed Wednesday, but she did not immediately specify where. “They’ve alrea...[Read More]

Surface Combat Systems Training Command Hampton Roads leadership held a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the official turnover of the newly renovated building N-25 onboard Naval Station Norfolk, Dec. 9.

The next session of Congress will feature the most women veterans ever elected to the House and Senate, with at least eight winning races this year. And that number could grow by one more: Iowa Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks holds a small lead in her re-election bid, with a few thousand votes left to be counted. The total is already double 2018, when only four women with military experience w...[Read More]

The U.S. Navy is planning for its next-generation destroyer, currently known as the DDG(X), to feature directed-energy weapons and more capacity to carry and launch missiles. According to a report this month from the Congressional Research Service, the service is requesting $133.5 million in research and development in its proposed fiscal 2026 budget to manufacture the DDG(X), which it hopes to pr...[Read More]