New Bills Expand Special Needs Therapy Tricare users with developmental disabilities will have access to a specific therapy under a pair of new bills introduced...
Study: Pets Help Kids with Deployed Parents Cope with Stress A new study finds that military children with a deployed parent who have a close relationship with a pet cope better with...
Defense Department’s Benefits Website Set to Receive Facelift The military's primary online family resource will be getting a facelift by the fall of this year in an effort to make the...
Some Spouse Clubs Deny Membership to Gays The Fort Bragg Officers' Spouses' Club last week denied membership to a gay military spouse sparking a firestorm of questions...
USCG Training Center to Receive Trees for Troops Delivery Coast Guardsmen are scheduled to receive a delivery of donated Christmas trees from the Trees for Troops program at Training...
Army Planning Cuts on Family Programs The Pentagon has begun a "deep dive" review of more than 170 military family and recreation programs.
DoD School to Let Transgender Student Use Girls' Restroom The Department of Defense reversed itself and will allow a U.S. service member's transgender daughter to use the girl's...
The Family Readiness Group: What Is It and Where Is It Going? Perhaps the most complex and elusive program in the Army, the FRG is also one of the most important resources for the new...
How Marines Took an Airfield in the Philippines in a Show Against China On April 30, three combined littoral reconnaissance teams made up of roughly 30 U.S. and Philippine Marines each, flown by...
Army Eliminates Online Training Requirement for Noncommissioned Officers, Saying It's Too Burdensome The Army has eliminated a significant part of its online training for enlisted troops -- a learning program that has drawn...
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Air Force Pilot Who Died After Aircraft Ejection Seat Misfire Identified by the Service Capt. John Robertson, an instructor pilot from the 80th Operations Support Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base, was injured...
Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops The recommendation from the House Armed Services Committee in its draft version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or...