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DOD stops offering rape kits to most overseas civilian workers
DOD civilian workers and contractors overseas who are ineligible for the Military Health System will no longer be provided sexual assault forensic exams.
By Riley Ceder
The military is being pulled deeper into the climate change debate
A new legislative provision would require overhauling how the Defense Department prepares for extreme weather events and global climate shifts.
Here are 7 employment resources for military spouses on the move
Plenty of companies want to hire military spouses, and here are some resources to help you find them.
By Karen Jowers
TransDigm’s excess profits show weakness in supply chain management, not pricing practices
TransDigm’s decision to repay the government for its excess profits appears to be a positive resolution, but it does not address the lack of competition that led to these inflated prices.
By Maj. Gen. Darryl Scott (ret.) and Lt. Col. Sam Kidd
Shanahan’s gag rule memo nets bipartisan backlash
Two lawmakers from different parties are slamming a Pentagon memo that governs information sharing with Congress.
By Joe Gould
How Hollywood can really help the US military
No one should do more to provide an environment free of sexual abuse than the U.S. military — one occurrence is one too many.
By Thomas Ayres
3 takeaways from Thornberry’s 2020 DoD reform agenda
“We’ve made some substantial progress. We need to build and implement what we have done,” said Rep. Mac Thornberry, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee.
This week in Congress: Defense, VA nominees finally moving ahead
Military and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of May 13, 2019.
Trump transfers background investigation power to Pentagon
The Department of Defense will now formally take over background investigations for the entire federal government..
By Jessie Bur
SIGAR: Drug lab bombing was a dead end, and most metrics for success or failure in Afghanistan are ‘classified or nonexistent'
The drug lab bombing campaign in Afghanistan that was championed as a game-changer didn’t have the intended effect of hitting the Taliban’s purse and was probably a waste of resources.
By Kyle Rempfer