A Pentagon evaluation found some services taking too long to process COVID vaccine exemption paperwork. The nation's only joint Veterans Affairs and Defense Department health care center began using a new compatible medical records system on Saturday. The evaluation will look into the Navy's handling and prevention of suicidal behaviors. Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of March 4, 2024. Leaders from the two departments are discussing allowing VA staff to move into unused space at more than a dozen military hospitals. The agency's executive director was found to have used her position to get one of her partners promoted. Much of DOD housing was developed before 1970 and is either woefully outdated or falling apart. Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Feb. 12, 2024. A new government watchdog report found troops waited more than two weeks for an urgent appointment off base. New Tricare contracts aim to improve access to health care, clinical quality and patient safety, as well as increase military readiness. Load More