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Navy doubles annual PT test requirement, updates failure guidelines

Sailors who fail three physical fitness assessments within four years will be processed for administrative separation, the new Navy policy states.

3 months ago

Trump issues travel ban, bars Afghans from entry into US

The executive order cited Afghanistan's poor vetting measures and a visa overstay rate as reasons for the ban.

10 months ago

VA sets record for disability benefits delivered to women vets

A record number of women veterans are receiving disability compensation benefits from VA.

By Jonathan Lehrfeld

2 years ago

Senators warn more visas are urgently needed for Afghans who aided US

More than a dozen senators said Congress needs to raise the limit on the number of special immigrant visas the U.S. can process for Afghans.

2 years ago

Afghan soldier Abdul Wasi Safi, once detained at border, wins asylum

It's almost a year since Wasi said he turned himself in to border patrol agents to declare asylum but was charged with entering the U.S. illegally.

By Allison P. Erickson

3 years ago

Nearly two years later, Afghan allies still left hoping for help

Advocates worry that Congress may never pass reforms needed to help Afghan allies safely escape the Taliban and resettle in America.

By Leo Shane III and Jaime Moore-Carrillo

3 years ago