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Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday will publicly back plans to provide easier access to disability and medical benefits to veterans exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, while serving in the military. The move is a significant boost to the issue of groundwater contamination issues at bases around the country and follows on Harris’ work in President Joe Biden’s administratio...[Read More]

OHAKEA, New Zealand – The “Red Lancers” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 10 participated in a subject matter expert exchange (SMEE) alongside the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) 5 Squadron, Sept. 21-28.

Defense Health Agency officials have extended three key deadlines for beneficiaries in the Tricare West Region by another month, giving military families some flexibility to get the care they need as the transition to TriWest Healthcare Alliance continues. Beneficiaries now have until April 30 to use referral approval waivers and point-of-service waivers and provide payment information to TriWest,...[Read More]

References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts marked for deletion as the Defense Department works to purge diversity, equity and inclusion content, according to a database obtained by The Associated Press. The database,...[Read More]

The 82-kilometre canal connects the Atlantic with the Pacific in Central America. It was built at the beginning of the 20th century by the engineering corps of the US Army.

Democratic lawmakers and advocacy groups are warning veterans and military families to be wary of new financial scams targeting their communities amid the White House’s move to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Board. The CFPB was founded in 2011 to serve as an independent bureau within the Federal Reserve, to ensure that financial products and services offered to Americans are fair and ...[Read More]

A federal watchdog on Thursday criticized Veterans Affairs leaders for accounting mistakes and procedural errors last year which led to fears of a possible department budget shortfall despite sufficient funding available to cover benefits and medical care. The report from the VA Inspector General’s Office comes after months of criticism from Republican lawmakers about how previous department leade...[Read More]

A federal watchdog on Wednesday criticized Veterans Affairs leaders for failing to refund millions of dollars in canceled medical co-pay charges to veterans, despite knowing about the problem for years. The reprimand from the Office of Special Counsel, or OSC, comes after a whistleblower report that department administrators had “no agency policies, procedures, or plans” to get the backlog of repa...[Read More]

The conservative organization Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon this month in an attempt to obtain information that could shed more light on an Army antiterrorism training that labeled several legitimate nonprofits as terrorist groups. Photos of slides shown during an antiterrorism training at Fort Liberty were posted online this summer, prompting outrage about the groups labeled...[Read More]