Military Connection

Changes to DOD’s Pharmacy Program Likely to Save More than $1 Billion

By Debbie Gregory. Thanks to higher beneficiary co-pays, tighter point-of-service rules and recent streamlining of prescription drug processes across the…

8 years ago

US Agrees to Pay Billions to Former Marines at Camp Lejeune

By Debbie Gregory. From 1953 through 1987, people serving or living at the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North…

8 years ago

Air Force Relaxes Tattoo Policy to Help Recruitment

By Debbie Gregory. In an effort to open the door to more recruits who would otherwise be barred from service…

8 years ago

DOD Allowing More Vets to Shop Exchanges Online

By Debbie Gregory. The Department of Defense has made a policy change to allow 16 million honorably discharged veterans to…

8 years ago

President Trump Planning Biggest Fleet Expansion Since Cold War

By Debbie Gregory. With the new president’s blessing, the Navy is proposing the biggest shipbuilding boom since the end of…

8 years ago

Will Air Force Personnel Shortage Have Critical Impacts?

By Debbie Gregory. Gen. David Goldfein, the Air Force chief of staff , said the service is critically short of…

8 years ago

DoD Provide $80 Million for New Tissue, Organ Research for Injured Soldiers

By Debbie Gregory. Technology is advancing at a rate that is difficult to keep up with. As further evidence, the…

8 years ago

Pentagon Confident in Defense Against N. Korea

By Debbie Gregory. The U.S. Defense Department, reacting to North Korea's statement that it plans to test an intercontinental ballistic…

8 years ago

Provisions Omitted From Veterans’ Bill Because of Costs

By Debbie Gregory. The Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2016 (HR 6416)…

8 years ago

Army Outlines Modernization Plans

By Debbie Gregory. The Army is looking to the future to determine what will be necessary to support  ground warfare…

8 years ago