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VA support program to buy up veterans’ defaulted home loans
The Department of Veterans Affairs will start buying veterans' failing mortgages to help them stay in their homes.
First Air Force boot camp trainee tests positive for COVID-19
The individual is the first COVID-19-positive trainee at basic military training for airmen.
By Kyle Rempfer
The military has suspended all travel, deployments, exercises for the entire force
Deployments and exercises are on hold for up to three months.
Marine recruiting stations are going virtual as COVID-19 continues to disrupt the US military
“With that in mind, we will immediately transition to prospecting exclusively via digital and telephonic means, and no longer initiate in-person interviews. We remain committed to recruiting the highly-qualified men and women our Nation needs for its Marine Corps."
By Shawn Snow
A headquarters Marine is the first service member COVID-19 case in the Pentagon
An Marine assigned to the service's Pentagon headquarters is the first COVID-19 case among service members assigned to the building.
Army gauges interest in voluntary recalls of medical soldiers
An email passed to Army Times highlights the efforts military leaders are taking to staff hospitals should the coronavirus pandemic worsen.
By Kyle Rempfer
Confusion surrounds VA’s community care offerings after talk of program pause
Veterans not already enrolled in the program may be blocked from getting outside care for 90 days.
Stricter coronavirus restrictions trickle out to the force
“We had a range planned for today — but once they announced base-wide HPCON C, they told us it was all cancelled,” one soldier told Army Times.
By Kyle Rempfer
Top Pentagon doctor discourages putting a timetable on coronavirus
What we do in the next few weeks matters, Air Force Brig. Gen Paul Friedrichs said, but we won't know if it worked until even later.
Defense lawmakers shift to ‘paper’ hearings to keep military budget process moving
The Senate Armed Services Committee typically hols numerous hearings throughout the spring in advance of their draft of the national defense authorization bill.
A Marine crisis response task force covering Africa is stuck in Italy and Spain over COVID-19 concerns
“In compliance with DOD guidance, the scheduled redeployment of the current rotation of SPMAGTF-CR-AF has been delayed in order to minimize the risk of COVID-19 exposure to our forces and to stateside communities.”
By Shawn Snow