On newsstands this week

In this week's Navy Times, the inside story on the Navy's controversial rating decision.

Also this week:

• What you need to know about aviation's flawed safety culture.
• The Navy restores accidental duplicate childcare and MWR program fees.
• Wasp sailors and Marines reflect on the meaning of "shipmate" and "devil dog."

Get your own copy starting Monday at your local exchange or commissary.

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VA expands benefits options for vets with other-than-honorable status

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Senators unsure about House plan to boost troop pay, housing stipends

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Navy authorizes combat awards and devices for Red Sea operations

The move is a nod to the near-daily battles that Navy destroyers have fought with Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen since October.

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