Tricare Dental Premiums Increase for 2023 Plan Year The new coverage year begins May 1; most will see their monthly premiums increase about $1-$4.
Newly Approved Rapid Blood Test for Traumatic Brain Injury Could Speed Up Treatment for Troops The diagnostic test was developed by Abbott Laboratories and an arm of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command...
Army Doctors in El Paso Surged to Care for Victims of Mass Shooting Army doctors who treated victims of the recent mass shooting in El Paso said the emergency room scene was like a war zone,
Inside a Navy Shock Trauma Platoon Deployed to NATO Exercise and What It's Learning from the Ukraine War Seven U.S. service members are part of a U.S. Navy shock trauma platoon -- a specialized unit that acts as a mobile emergency...
Free Surgeries and Prescriptions: White House Staff Got Access to Military Health Care Despite Being Ineligible According to the report, from 2017 through 2020, the Defense Department "funded and resourced care for an average of 6 to 20"...
Plan to Slash Military Medical Billets Based on Faulty Analysis, Federal Watchdog Says A 2019 proposal to trim 10,739 medical personnel from the ranks failed to use the criteria it developed to assess wartime...
Coast Guard's Lack of Health Care Workers Is Hurting Services for Personnel, Families, Watchdog Says As a result of staffing shortages and the service's remote duty stations, Coast Guard beneficiaries often face delays...
These Speedy New Navy Medical Ships Are Designed with the Pacific in Mind Tucked inside the recently passed DoD budget for 2023 is funding for a new kind of Navy medical ship – one built to operate...
The Defense Health Agency Has a New Chief -- Another Army Doctor The Army's former deputy surgeon general is the fourth director of the nearly 10-year-old agency.
Videos Show Hospital Ship Incident That Led to 19 People Going Overboard as Questions Swirl Videos have surfaced of an incident in Haiti aboard the Navy's hospital ship USNS Comfort that led to 19 people falling into...
The Army Has Officially Deployed Laser Weapons Overseas to Combat Enemy Drones A pair of laser weapons has been deployed by the Army to an undisclosed location overseas to blast incoming enemy drones out...
Fired After 6 Months: Army Sacks Commander of Germany Unit Meant to Bolster NATO Against Russia Lt. Col. Eric Ackles, commander of 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, was relieved of command, the service...
Toxic Exposure Screenings: Vets Report Spotty Follow-Up on Questionnaire Meant to Boost Health Care and Benefits Rolled out with great fanfare in November 2022, toxic exposure screenings for all VA patients were mandated by the PACT Act...
Feds Settle Case for $2 Million After Skydiving Plane Took Out Marine Corps Osprey on Runway Nearly four years after a civilian skydiving aircraft collided with a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey sitting on a San Diego runway...
Reports of Mediocre Disability Exams by VA Contractors Prompts Senator's Demand for Answers A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized...