by ADC | Oct 5, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base, Veterans
TRICARE prescription drug costs will go up in January for the families of active duty service members, as well as retired members and their families, as Military Times reported. Public Health Service Cmdr. Teisha Robertson, a Defense Health Agency pharmacist, said the...
by ADC | Sep 21, 2021 | Military Families, On Base, Veterans
More than 700 retired aircrew members returned to the former Brunswick Naval Air Station, Maine over the weekend for a reunion, the Times Record reported. It was the 10th anniversary of the base’s closure. “[Y]ou don’t recognize everyone, but once you reconnect, it’s...
by ADC | Sep 3, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Veterans
The Pentagon plans to provide additional mental health services for those who served in Afghanistan, Press Secretary John Kirby told reporters Thursday. “The health, safety and well-being of our military community is essential to the readiness of the total force,”...
by ADC | Sep 2, 2021 | Congress/DoD, On Base, Veterans
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley said Wednesday that he has experienced the same emotions all post-9/11 veterans have felt as they’ve watched the Taliban take control of Afghanistan amid a chaotic U.S. withdrawal. “My pain and anger come from the same as...
by ADC | Aug 23, 2021 | COVID-19, On Base, Veterans
More than 600 veterans have died from COVID-19 in the latest surge, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs, which also said the number of COVID-19 patients has more than tripled over the past three weeks. The data, reported late Friday by Stars and Stripes,...
by ADC | Aug 5, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, On Base, Veterans
The Senate Appropriations Committee passed a spending bill Wednesday that would provide $124 billion for veterans care and military construction. That’s $11 billion over the fiscal year 2021 enacted levels, an increase “driven largely by rapidly rising costs for...
by ADC | Jul 27, 2021 | COVID-19, On Base, Veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs is giving all its frontline health care workers two months to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or risk losing their jobs, the department announced Monday in a press release. “I am doing this because it’s the best way to keep our...
by ADC | Jul 23, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base, Veterans
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is trying again to pass legislation allowing GI Bill benefits to be applied to business startup costs instead of schooling. “Higher education is essential for many [veterans], but some have a different calling,” one of the sponsors,...
by ADC | Jul 15, 2021 | On Base, Veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs will not meet a 2022 goal of clearing all legacy appeals, officials told lawmakers this week. It has made progress, going from 472,000 unresolved appeals in November 2017 to fewer than 135,000 today, according to Federal News...
