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DoD would see a big budget boost, military justice overhaul under Senate proposal
The $740 billion defense authorization bill proposal received bipartisan support in the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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Fort Leonard Wood reports highest number of basic trainee suicide attempts
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, reported 26 suicide attempts in 2019.
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VA delays further rollout of new multi-billion dollar record system until 2022
Rollout of the $16-billion project revealed significant problems with training and preparation at VA medical sites.
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As COVID cases surge again, VA officials implore all vets to get vaccinated
Virus cases in the VA system are up 121 percent in the last month.
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Taliban appear to have ‘strategic momentum’ says Gen. Milley
Milley said the Taliban now control about half of the 419 district centers in Afghanistan, and while they have yet to capture any of the country’s 34 provincial capitals, they are pressuring about half of them.
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4,000 Afghans who helped military going abroad to complete visas to U.S.
While 750 Afghans are going straight to Virginia, thousands more will go to a way station out of Afghanistan.
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The military isn’t ‘distracted’ by the critical race theory conversation, SECDEF says
The Defense Department doesn't "embrace" critical race theory, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.
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Plan to boost Biden’s defense budget could see bipartisan support
Senate Armed Services Committee members on Wednesday will debate whether to add about $25 billion to the military funding plan for fiscal 2022.
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Extremist groups’ recruitment of veterans prompts a closer look from lawmakers
The House Veterans' Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on the issue on July 29.
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Racial inequality on the table in the military’s discussion of sexual misconduct and justice
On Tuesday, a Senate Armed Services Committee panel approved language taking all serious crimes out of the traditional chain of command.
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Troops younger than 21 could again buy, use tobacco products under proposed change
The idea would carve out an exception for military members in the federal law setting the minimum age to buy cigarettes and other tobacco products.
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