Month: May 2020

WASHINGTON — Last fall, the Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association asked its 3,400 members, all current or former military pilots, to respond to a survey about whether they had been diagnosed with cancer. The […]

YORKTOWN, Virginia — A large warship spilled 4,000 gallons of fuel into a Virginia river late last week, the U.S. Navy has confirmed. The USS Philippine Sea, a guided-missile cruiser, spilled the diesel fuel into […]

It may be well after dark on a weeknight, but the Army‘s newest recruiting assets aren’t sleeping. A soldier who goes by the nom de guerre Nelpy is in a sporty gray jersey with an […]

Heatstroke and heat exhaustion pose a “persistent threat” to the U.S. military, even as cases of heat-related illnesses appeared to decline among troops in 2019, according to a new Defense Health Agency report. In 2019, […]

The U.S. Space Force has been granted access to work alongside California-based SpaceX to get a detailed look into how the company makes its commercial and civil launches successful. Earlier this month, SpaceX was awarded […]

Tricare will now cover telephone services for some medical appointments and will eliminate copayments for beneficiaries who use telehealth services in place of an in-person visit to the doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic. Effective Wednesday, […]

The U.S. Air Force has suspended T-38 Talon formation training landings following a fatal crash that killed two pilots last fall. The service directed the suspension of the side-by-side landing for its undergraduate pilot training […]

The Pentagon’s Inspector General will conduct an evaluation of the Navy’s command decisions in its response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, including outbreaks aboard the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt and destroyer Kidd that forced both […]

The head of U.S. Special Operations Command said Tuesday that winning the fights of the future may depend less on door-kickers and more on tech-savvy operators trained for the cyber and information battlespace. “We still […]