Changes would increase the amount of compensation troops can receive. The Defense Department will pay plaintiffs' legal fees for two lawsuits. Virus infection cases within the VA health care system are up more than 200% in the last two months. The unmanned Tritons rotating through Guam received sensor upgrades since their last deployment. A scathing federal report has found New Jersey's two state-run veterans homes were unprepared to keep residents safe during the COVID-19 outbreak. Active cases among VA patients have nearly tripled in the last month. The accuracy rate of the data was supposed to be at least 90 percent, but the IG found errors in 24 of the 25 registry records they reviewed. The annual defense authorization bill debate in the House focused mainly on hot-button social issues. The former CO of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, fired for his efforts to help his sailors, regrets nothing: "I did it out of love for my crew." The TSP, which has some $800 billion in assets, announced a year ago that it was standing up a new system to improve customer service. Load More