This week in the military, disabled veterans and retired military personnel will see a substantial 8.7% increase in monthly checks for next year as the Biden administration wrestles with inflation; the sergeant major of the Army, Michael A. Grinston, announced this week that soldiers will see changes to rules around the Army Combat Fitness Test, namely that if a service member scores enough points, they will forgo the body composition test; earlier this week, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said officials should stay out of online "culture wars" as the service reckons with leader presence on social media and a general officer whose retirement has been delayed because of it -- but in a statement issued a few days later, Wormuth conceded that leaders should combat online abuse; and new details came to light regarding the death of Navy SEAL candidate Kyle Mullen that lent disturbing insight into the implementation of the elite course.
This week in the military, disabled veterans and retired military personnel will see a substantial 8.7% increase in monthly checks for next year as the Biden administration wrestles with inflation; the sergeant major of the Army, Michael A. Grinston, announced this week that soldiers will see changes to rules around the Army Combat Fitness Test, namely that if a service member scores enough points, they will forgo the body composition test; earlier this week, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said officials should stay out of online "culture wars" as the service reckons with leader presence on social media and a general officer whose retirement has been delayed because of it -- but in a statement issued a few days later, Wormuth conceded that leaders should combat online abuse; and new details came to light regarding the death of Navy SEAL candidate Kyle Mullen that lent disturbing insight into the implementation of the elite course.
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-- Drew F. Lawrence can be reached at drew.lawrence@military.com. Follow him on Twitter @df_lawrence.