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New benefit could help troops save on out-of-pocket health care costs
The military will soon offer troops flexible spending accounts, which cover medical expenses from over-the-counter medicine to braces.
By Karen Jowers
Back to work! VA sets a deadline for workers to return to the office.
The federal union representing VA workers insists that teleworking is a boon for recruiting, morale and productivity.
Opinion
Veteran recalls friends lost, first day in combat in Iraq
War brings about all sorts of emotions. The darkest ones get never-ending attention. Yet this was the happiest day of my life.
By B.B. Sanders, The War Horse
Medical care, child care: How shutdown could affect military families
Inpatient care and acute and emergency outpatient care in DoD medical facilities would be immune from a shutdown.
By Karen Jowers
Pentagon to revisit ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ discharges
'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' repealed 12 years ago today, forced thousands of LGBTQ+ troops to leave the military under less than honorable circumstances.
Marine veteran Ray Epps pleads guilty to Capitol riot charge
Ray Epps, who claimed in a lawsuit that Fox News made him a scapegoat for the Capitol riot, was charged with disorderly conduct on restricted grounds.
Injured women vets lonelier, more stressed than male peers: report
The findings from Wounded Warrior Project point to gaps in resources for women after leaving the ranks.
Opinion
Readers react to op-ed on honoring Vietnam War’s most secret warriors
Readers applaud the call for a Congressional Gold Medal to honor the US Military Assistance Command Vietnam’s Studies and Observations Group, or MACV-SOG.
By Military Times staff
Military could lower suicide rate with focus on quality of life
Eliminating daily stresses such as delayed paychecks could help make service members more resilient to whatever active duty throws at them, experts said.
By Anne Marshall-Chalmers, The War Horse
Opinion
Because I was a woman who served, I was stereotyped by a stranger
Noelle Wiehe went to a veterans resource fair and found herself talking to a financial advisor who suddenly asked her if she’d been sexually assaulted.
By Noelle Wiehe, The War Horse