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Pentagon moves $8 billion from research to pay troops

The Department of Defense is shifting $8 billion in previously allocated money to pay troops for the middle of the month as…

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For barracks overhaul, Hegseth steers towards private contractors

The Pentagon’s new Barracks Task Force will steer toward private sector “investment opportunities” and contracting to overhaul the military’s junior…

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Long-dismissed ‘Gulf War Illness’ finally recognized with international medical code

Veterans who have long sought recognition for a medical condition linked to their service in the Gulf War earned a…

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Hegseth directs new task force to come up with ‘barracks investment plan’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the establishment of a Pentagon-run barracks initiative on Tuesday, giving a new Barracks Task Force…

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One VA staffer rubber-stamped benefits at 20 times the normal rate. That could be bad news for vets.

The Department of Veterans Affairs now has an enormous amount of paperwork to correct after a staffer “blindly” approved thousands…

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Adam Driver will portray Air Force Medal of Honor recipient John Chapman

Marine veteran and actor Adam Driver will portray Air Force combat controller John Chapman in a movie based on the…

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The military needs to better tackle gambling issues among troops, watchdog says

The military could do a better job at helping service members with gambling addictions, according to a government watchdog report released last…

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Service records released on two Marine veterans involved in weekend violence

The Marine Corps has released the service records for two veterans — one a former reconnaissance Marine, the other a…

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Billboards aimed at troops ask ‘is this what you signed up for?’

“Did you go to Airborne just to pull security for ICE?” a billboard asks in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The billboard…

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Military commissaries could be privatized under Pentagon plan

The Pentagon is looking for commercial retailers to run commissaries on military bases in the latest push to privatize troops’…

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