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More could be done to help dual-military couples, DoD IG reports
Dual-military couples serving in different branches are less likely to get assignments near each other than same-service couples.
By Karen Jowers
Depression, suicide risk high among LGBTQ youth with military parents
Data was collected from nearly 35,000 survey respondents between October and December 2020.
By Jon Simkins
Army ‘significantly’ expanding bring-your-own-device pilot
Want to bring your own computer or tablet to work? The Army hopes to support that soon.
By Davis Winkie
Working with innovators will help bolster America’s tech edge
The security of our nation depends on our ability to maintain a flourishing tech industry here at home, writes the author of this commentary.
By Frances Townsend
Female soldiers celebrate the Army’s new ponytail, braid policy
It's the first day of a new hair era for the Army. Here's how it's going.
By Sarah Sicard
The military knows it has a problem with domestic extremists, white supremacists
The Defense Department is in the midst of a review of all of its policies on extremist activity.
New in 2021: Army personnel and promotion changes
Some promotion boards are changing, and there's a new app for squad leaders.
By Kyle Rempfer
Michèle Flournoy could become the first woman to run the Pentagon. Here’s what would change.
Flournoy has for years been expected to take the Defense Department's top job. With Joe Biden now the president-elect, this may be her time.
By Aaron Mehta
How the new COVID response bill would impact feds
The scaled-down HEROES Act still contains language that would keep feds out of the office and provide more straightforward avenues for those that contract the disease.
By Jessie Bur
Fact check: Trump claims Biden policies killed over 308,000 veterans, but that’s not what investigators found
The VA inspector general found major problems with VA record keeping back in 2015 but did not connect that to missing care which killed veterans.
Biden would push for less US reliance on nukes for defense
Democrat Joe Biden leaves little doubt that if elected he would try to scale back President Donald Trump’s buildup in nuclear weapons spending.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press