A recent Military Times investigation found that at least 133 service members died in aviation mishaps during the five-year period from 2013 through 2017.
The promise of good, reliable health care for service members and their families is one of the most important things the nation promises to provide to the small fraction of Americans who volunteer to serve.
The Defense Department on March 8 announced that troops deployed to Niger, Mali and northern Cameroon qualify to receive imminent danger pay/hostile fire pay, retroactive to June 7, 2017.
A technical sergeant from Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada came under fire recently after she shared a racially-charged, expletive-laced rant to Facebook.
Lawmakers should make it clear that in any future federal shutdown, the military’s $100,000 death gratuity will be paid out in accordance with the wishes of the fallen service member.