What to know about Tricare costs and changes as open season starts
Check out Tricare costs and other information you need to know before Tricare open season ends next month.
By Karen Jowers
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Army awards contract to build new TNT production facility in Kentucky
The U.S. has picked a location to restart its TNT production domestically as it races to ramp up 155mm production.
By Jen Judson
Best pics of the week: Dec. 6, 2020
An M1 Abrams at Grafenwoehr, recruits on the Confidence Course in San Diego, an F-16 over the CENTCOM area of responsibility and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Veterans unemployment up in November as national jobless rate falls
About 552,000 veterans looking for work last month were unable to find jobs.
A call to action: Sexual assault and harassment in the military
This retired Air Force colonel shares her experience of sexual harassment during her service, and calls on Congress and the DoD to support the I Am Vanessa Guillen Act in this commentary.
By Lisa Carrington Firmin
Former SEAL, not-for-profit sue VA over new rules restricting caregiver benefits
Andrew Sheets, his wife and caretaker, and Veteran Warriors, Inc. are suing the VA for restricting eligibility for a program that gives many parents, spouses and other caretakers the financial ability to care for disabled veterans.
By Harm Venhuizen
Excerpt from ‘Rock Force’ on the retaking of Corregidor during World War II
In this excerpt from Kevin Maurer’s 2020 book “Rock Force,” we meet Pvt. Lloyd McCarter as he and the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment prepare for the airborne assault in February 1945.
By Kevin Maurer
Inside the case against ISIS militants suspected in the deaths of Western hostages
The prosecution is a counterterrorism success in the waning weeks of the Trump administration. But it almost didn't happen.
Here’s when your 2020 military tax statements will be ready
Get your tax statement faster on myPay; retirees' 1099Rs will be available on Dec. 15.
By Karen Jowers
Veterans Month 2020: Reflecting on Afghanistan
Despite what the skeptics say, there are signs of improvement in Afghanistan, say the authors of this commentary.
By Farid Tavos and Jason Criss Howk
In honor of Military Families Month, we rise up strong
The Rosalynn Carter Institute on Caregiving has partnered with other organizations to better understand the challenges military families and caregivers face.
By K. Conwell Smith
Army team wants to put 3D models of target areas into soldiers’ goggles
“It might not be Call of Duty-level graphics and visualization. But it’s going to be darn good," said one Army officer involved in the effort.
By Kyle Rempfer