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Medical care, child care: How shutdown could affect military families
Inpatient care and acute and emergency outpatient care in DoD medical facilities would be immune from a shutdown.
By Karen Jowers
Three convicted in 2014 Malaysian jet crash in Ukraine
A Dutch court has convicted three men of murder for their role in shooting down a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet with a Russian surface-to-air missile.
By Mike Corder, The Associated Press
Plan to erase $4B in ITT student loans won’t restore GI Bill benefits
More than 200,000 students who attended the school will see loans forgiven, but veterans won't get their education benefits back.
New legislation aims to give drone crews tax-free combat pay
Pilots and sensor operators in any branch of the armed forces, who work on any RPA fleet used in designated areas of conflict, would be eligible for tax-free income.
Parents will start paying for school meals again at overseas DoD schools
Back to basics, with a 25-cent increase over pre-pandemic school meal costs.
By Karen Jowers
This is the Pentagon’s plan to be a more thoughtful, inclusive steward of your tax dollars
The Defense Department released its "equity action plan" this month.
Industry teams aim to fly prototypes of future attack recon aircraft by end of 2023
Industry teams believe they are still on a path to fly FARA prototypes by the end of 2023, despite delays in next-gen engine assembly.
By Jen Judson
This Air Force pilot is the Banksy of helmet wraps
Maj. Brad Hunt has wrapped more than 1,500 flight helmets.
By Sarah Sicard
Next-gen engine for current and future helicopter fleets begins testing
The engine for the Improved Turbine Engine Program runs for the first time in tests on its way to replacing engines in UH-60 Black Hawks and AH-64 Apaches, and to power the Army's future attack reconnaissance aircraft.
By Jen Judson
Honor Flight officials press to resume police escorts for veterans
Trips bringing elderly vets to national war memorials resumed last fall, but police escorts to facilitate the visits have not.
‘Easy Button’ era: Have federal dollars unlocked a new age of domestic Guard operations?
Some senior National Guard leaders are worried about becoming America’s “easy button.”
By Davis Winkie