By Debbie Gregory. The Pentagon announced it would waive repayment for more than 15,000 California National Guard soldiers and veterans who received enlistment bonuses over the last decade. The Defense Department will begin notifying soldiers this month, with all of the notifications completed before July 1st. The announcement follows President Obama’s December 23rd signing of […]
By Debbie Gregory. The U.S. Supreme Court will consider a case next year that could change the amount disabled military retirees must pay a former spouse after a divorce. At issue is whether the Uniformed Services Former Spouses’ Protection Act (USFSPA) pre-empts a state court’s order directing a veteran to indemnify a former spouse for […]
By Debbie Gregory. A change to the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) for the families of Guard members and Reservists killed during inactive training will mean an increase in benefits. National Guard and Reserve members would receive the same death benefits as their active-duty counterparts under a bill expected to pass Congress. Up until now, family […]
By Debbie Gregory. While not quite ready for prime time, the Air Force Research Laboratory is looking to develop an air-launched directed-energy weapon capable of incapacitating the nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles utilized by North Korea. The experimental Counter-electronics High Power Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP) weapon uses bursts of electromagnetic pulse (EMP) energy to disable electronic […]
By Debbie Gregory. Lt. Gen. Charles Luckey, chief of the Army Reserve and commanding general, U.S. Army Reserve Command said that he plans to stand up a package of forces capable of mobilizing and deploying into a major contingency operation much faster than traditional Reserve units. “We are calling it Ready Force X; we are […]
By Debbie Gregory. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus is recommending that two service members, either Sailors or Marines, be upgraded to the Medal of Honor following an extensive review of medals awarded since Sept. 11, 2001. The names of the two service members were not made public. To end his near-record seven-and-a-half year tenure, […]
By Debbie Gregory. Thanks to changes in the annual defense department bill, passed by both the House and Senate, military families will have easier access to urgent care and primary care. Awaiting President Obama’s signature before becoming law, the bill ensures out-of-pocket costs won’t change for most Tricare users who are already enrolled in the […]
By Debbie Gregory. How do you put a tourniquet around the chest?” It couldn’t be done with the standard issue Combat Application Tourniquet for torso or high leg and arm wounds developed by Dr. Richard Schwartz and Dr. John Croushorn. So now the Army has now developed “junctional tourniquets” to stop bleeding for most body […]
By Debbie Gregory. In what would have been almost unheard of in past decades, a new survey of military families revealed that a majority of active-duty military families — 57 percent of them — said they were unlikely to recommend that their own children join the service. In the past, military families tended to remain […]
By Debbie Gregory. With only thirty percent of applicants being qualified to join the U.S. military, the U.S. Army is facing a big challenge to meet its recruiting goal of 80,000 new soldiers. Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Snow, commanding general of United States Army Recruiting Command, is charged with signing 62,500 recruits for the U.S. Army […]
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