Individual hospitals may consider mask mandates if they see a surge in COVID-19 cases locally. A provision in the annual defense bill continues the controversy surrounding the vaccine. The department is also extending financial help programs to give more support to veterans having trouble making loan payments. More than 70,000 veterans died by suicide from 2011 to 2001. The sea service continues to test the possibilities of placing mobile missile cells aboard littoral combat ships. Obesity is often cited as one of the significant challenges to military recruiting. The Defense Department will pay plaintiffs' legal fees for two lawsuits. The first- and second-place winning pilots likely crashed at the National Air Race Championships, possibly because of a blind spot, glare or loss of focus. Virus infection cases within the VA health care system are up more than 200% in the last two months. 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. Load More