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Navy to commission first sub designed for both men and women sailors
The New Jersey is entering the fleet about 14 years after the Defense Department lifted its ban on women serving on subs.
By Diana Stancy
After decades paying out-of-pocket, WWII veteran finally gets benefits
A 103-year-old WWII veteran who’s been paying his medical bills out-of-pocket is finally receiving his veterans benefits after 78 years.
Jon Stewart pushes VA to help veterans sickened after uranium exposure
The comedian is pushing the Biden administration to fix a loophole in a veterans aid bill that left out some of the first troops who responded after 9/11.
By Tara Copp
Biden’s pardons still fall short for many LGBTQ veterans
Neither the White House nor the Defense Department could tell The War Horse exactly how many veterans will benefit — or why so many others are left out.
By Anne Marshall-Chalmers, The War Horse
Virginia lawmakers restore military tuition program funding, for now
Legislators repealed changes to a college financial aid program for military families and allocated $90 million to it for the next two years.
By Charlotte Renee Woods, Virginia Mercury
Family of aircraft carrier sailor who died by suicide files lawsuit
Master-at-Arms Seaman Recruit Xavier Mitchell-Sandor is one of at least three sailors that died by suicide aboard the carrier in April 2022.
By Diana Stancy
Military burn pit exposure not tracked properly, DOD watchdog warns
A new report looks at burn pits not created by U.S. personnel that are near military sites.
Appeals court voids Marine’s adoption of Afghan war orphan
The appeals court decision dealt a blow in Maj. Joshua Mast’s yearslong legal quest to keep the child, who was orphaned on the battlefield in Afghanistan.
Navy pilots return after months of fighting Houthi attacks in Red Sea
The fighting against Houthi rebels in the Middle East has become the most intense running sea battle the Navy has faced since WWII.
By Ben Finley
Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group operating in the Middle East
The Theodore Roosevelt and its carrier strike group arrived in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations on Friday.
By Diana Stancy
Looking for a mental health provider? Tricare’s directory may not help
Auditors posed as military beneficiaries and made covert calls to see if Tricare's mental health care providers were reachable and available as advertised.
By Karen Jowers