The latest headline stories affecting the Military and Veteran community.
See the highlights below and click the link to open the full story.- The Associated Press has learned that military officials are reviewing plans that would cut the number of U.S. troops deployed to the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba to handle detained migrants by as much as half.
- The researchers identified military families as one of the special groups whose motivations to homeschool might help explain why households in the wider population do it.
- An official, who was given anonymity to discuss military plans, told Military.com that a second destroyer will deploy from the West Coast, joining the USS Gravely.
- Washington, D.C., U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes didn't mince words in a ruling issued late Tuesday evening, stating that the Trump administration's ban on transgender service is "soaked in animus and dripping with pretext."
The latest Benefits and Legislative news from the Military Report newsletter.
- The VA Is Retroactively Increasing GI Bill Benefits for a Million Veterans. Here's How to Claim ThemAre you eligible for 12 more months of GI Bill benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs? Here's who qualifies and how to apply.
- Military service members can set aside up to $3,300 tax free for medical expenses starting in 2025, the first time the department has made Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts available to the troops.
- Under the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, troops in the ranks of E-1 through E-4 will see a 14.5% raise next year, while most other service members will get a 4.5% pay bump.
- Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jonny Kim, now a NASA astronaut, wants people to know "how generous" military benefits are, "how much they do help, and how important they are."
The latest in Marine Corps headlines and feature articles.
- The Marine Corps has removed more than a dozen videos, photos and stories about Navajo Code Talkers as part of an ongoing Trump administration purge of policies, programs and materials that highlight diverse groups of service members.
- The week will also feature flyovers by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, an Independence Hall ceremony to commemorate the official founding of the Navy, a United States Navy Band concert, and a Navy gala.
- A new Marine Corps policy says troops with a genetic skin condition that can cause pain and scarring from shaving and mainly affects Black men can be separated if the health issue persists.
- Transgender sailors and Marines who want to voluntarily separate before the military starts kicking them out have until March 28 to come forward, according to a Navy policy announced Thursday evening.
The latest in Navy headlines and feature articles.
- The Associated Press has learned that military officials are reviewing plans that would cut the number of U.S. troops deployed to the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba to handle detained migrants by as much as half.
- An official, who was given anonymity to discuss military plans, told Military.com that a second destroyer will deploy from the West Coast, joining the USS Gravely.
- The Trump administration is taking the unusual step of deploying a Navy warship off the waters of the U.S. as part of its broader crackdown on security and migration along the Mexico border.
- Every once in awhile, a war movie comes along that does something truly innovative to make its story memorable. These are those movies.
The latest in Army headlines and feature articles.
- The page on Robinson includes biographical information about his Army service during World War II, which occurred prior to his famously breaking baseball's color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
- When veteran Rosalyn Martin was living in her car, she made a promise to God that if she could just get what she needed, she’d take it and run with it.
- The Army has reversed its decision to halt travel funding that enabled potential recruits to take the military entrance exam at remote locations and high schools — just a week after cutting off the funding and endangering the program, officials confirmed.
- Helicopters will be permanently restricted from flying near Washington, D.C.'s airport on the same route where a passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided in midair, killing 67 people, the Federal Aviation Administration said Friday.
The latest in Air Force headlines and feature articles.
- Because I had no choice, I had my own approach: Change. Adapt. Repeat.
- Airman Basic Quinterius Chappelle was arrested and is facing a federal second-degree murder charge, the Pennington County Sheriff's Office in Rapid City, South Dakota, said.
- In honor of K-9 Veterans Day, Air Force Tech Sgt. Blair Pembleton allowed herself to be attacked by a dog.
- Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member who caused an international uproar when he leaked highly classified documents about the war in Ukraine, pleaded guilty to military charges of obstructing justice at his court-martial Thursday.
The latest in Coast Guard headlines and feature articles.
- Attorneys representing former U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadets filed seven more sexual assault complaints against the Coast Guard, bringing to 29 the number of such complaints they’ve filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
- A U.S. Department of Homeland Security order banning “climate change activities and the use of climate change terminology in DHS policies and programs” caused a stir among Coast Guard Academy alumni last month.
- A U.S. Coast Guard cutter crew offloaded more than 12,000 pounds of narcotics at a Miami Beach port that the agency says is worth hundreds of millions of dollars on the street.
- The Government Accountability Office said the service is responding only to immediate needs and does not have the funding or capacity to address worsening conditions.
The latest Military Spouse and Family related news.
- These are the Defense Department's child-care fees for 2024-2025.
- This military program helps cover fees of off-base child care.
- Free training programs and counseling, plus exclusive access to cash for start-up and emergency loans, is available
- Tricare can be tricky to figure out, so here's what you need to know about what it costs to have a baby while on the insurance.
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