Air Force to conduct full inspection of all service members’ dorms
A new memo calls for commanders to relocate airmen who are found to be living in dirty, uncomfortable or unsanitary rooms.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
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Judges reject VA secretary’s request to pause veterans’ claims appeals
Secretary Collins asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to stop its work during the government shutdown. Judges called the request "extreme."
By Patricia Kime
New allowance greenlit for troops ordered to move from barracks to off-base housing
Partial dislocation allowance will defray some of the costs of moving off post when troops have to leave barracks.
By Karen Jowers
Blue Star Museums again offering free admission to troops, families all summer
Participating museums are offering free admission to military families from May 21 through Sept. 5.
By Karen Jowers
Pentagon tech chief wants an ‘all in one’ sensor
It is one of several critical technologies that Heidi Shyu, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, included in remarks at SOFIC.
By Todd South
Junior service members being hit hard by inflation, senior enlisted leaders say
From food to child care to housing, inflation is hitting junior service members especially hard.
By Karen Jowers
US troop pullout was key factor in Afghan collapse, watchdog says
The report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction mirrors assertions made by senior Pentagon and military leaders.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Special ops force calls for ‘untethered’ tool for recon and resupply
For the past two decades, radio frequencies were open, and it was uncommon for those deployed to encounter extensive jamming or interception. That’s not the case when facing more advanced adversaries like Russia or China, as opposed to terrorist organizations.
By Todd South
Army launches investigation into Balfour Beatty housing at Fort Gordon
The Army is also looking at what enforcement actions they can take against privatized housing companies.
By Karen Jowers
Pentagon’s top general pledges ‘a hard look’ at troops’ current housing allowance levels
Senior defense officials are paying attention to the adverse effects the high costs of housing are having on troops.
By Karen Jowers
‘We’re so sorry’: Mariupol steel plant evacuees feel relief, grief
The steel plant has a maze of more than 30 bunkers and tunnels spread out over its 11 square kilometers (4 miles), and each bunker was its own world.
Army pressed to fix dilapidated base housing by senators
Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee pressed top Army leaders during a hearing to spend money on military housing in their states.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press