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Military child care centers opening with ‘lightning speed’ under new pilot program
Days before the U.S. military unleashed Operation Epic Fury against Iran, the second highest-ranking military officer was touring a new 30,000-square-foot child development center for military children in Arlington, Virginia, and praising the new effort to quickly meet military families’ needs amidst the persistent shortage of child care. The center – and two others like it in the pilot program un...[Read More]
Military Conference in Hawaii Tackles International Law
At U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s annual International Military Law and Operations Conference, the military’s top officer in the region argued that law is “strategic terrain.”
Military dogs are facing substandard conditions, leading to deaths, report finds
Non-training military working dogs at bases across the country are facing neglectful conditions caused by aging facilities and a lack of ample caretakers, according to a U.S. Department of Defense Inspector General report. The office conducted 12 site visits to military working dog programs and found that the department and the program’s manager did not sufficiently protect the dogs from extreme w...[Read More]
Military dogs are facing substandard conditions, leading to deaths, report finds
Non-training military working dogs at bases across the country are facing neglectful conditions caused by aging facilities and a lack of ample caretakers, according to a U.S. Department of Defense Inspector General report. The office conducted 12 site visits to military working dog programs and found that the department and the program’s manager did not sufficiently protect the dogs from extreme w...[Read More]
Military Exchange Shoppers Donated $2.5M to Army, Air Force in 2025
Military Exchange shoppers have donated more than $11.7 million dating back to 2017.
Military experts warn security hole in most AI chatbots can sow chaos
Current and former military officers are warning that adversaries are likely to exploit a natural flaw in artificial intelligence chatbots to inject instructions for stealing files, distorting public opinion or otherwise betraying trusted users. The vulnerability to such “prompt injection attacks” exists because large language models, the backbone of chatbots that digest hordes of user text to gen...[Read More]
Military families paying $1,000 out of pocket for moves, survey shows
More than 60% of active-duty families who made moves in the past two years paid more than $1,000 out of pocket for expenses related to their move, according to a new survey. “The data continue to show that military moves create disruption across nearly every aspect of life. … A military-directed move shouldn’t be creating avoidable expenses that military families must absorb,” said Shannon R...[Read More]
Military families will see slight increases in Tricare dental premiums
Active-duty military families will see minimal increases in their monthly premiums for the Tricare Dental Program, starting March 1, Tricare officials announced Thursday. The costs for the voluntary dental program depend on the sponsor’s military status, as well as how many people are covered in the plan. Dentists are available in the United Concordia dental network in all 50 states, the District ...[Read More]
Military families will see slight increases in Tricare dental premiums
Active-duty military families will see minimal increases in their monthly premiums for the Tricare Dental Program, starting March 1, Tricare officials announced Thursday. The costs for the voluntary dental program depend on the sponsor’s military status, as well as how many people are covered in the plan. Dentists are available in the United Concordia dental network in all 50 states, the District ...[Read More]
Military families: DOD wants your input on quality of life improvements
Military families and others have the opportunity over the next month to provide input for defense officials on quality of life issues at the state level for service members and their families. Defense officials are specifically interested in issues where state governments are the primary agents for positive change, according to the request for information posted in the Federal Register on Tuesday...[Read More]
Military hospitals, clinics resume billing civilians following 3-year pause
An estimated 137,000 civilians may soon receive bills for medical care they received at military treatment facilities over the last three years, according to Defense Health Agency officials. Those civilians, who aren’t eligible beneficiaries of military medical care, include a variety of people, from Department of Defense civilian employees to other civilians who received emergency and trauma trea...[Read More]
Military hospitals, clinics resume billing civilians following 3-year pause
An estimated 137,000 civilians may soon receive bills for medical care they received at military treatment facilities over the last three years, according to Defense Health Agency officials. Those civilians, who aren’t eligible beneficiaries of military medical care, include a variety of people, from Department of Defense civilian employees to other civilians who received emergency and trauma trea...[Read More]