Special Needs Military Families Report Mixed Feelings About Program to Help with Medical Care, Services
A new Pentagon survey of military families with special needs members found that less than half were satisfied and 57% were dissatisfied or had no opinion about the Exceptional Family Member Program, or EFMP, though reactions varied by military branch. The Defense Department surveyed 100,000 active-duty troops enrolled in EFMP from November 2022 through March […]
Russia's Putin Vows 'Mirror Measures' in Response to US Missiles in Germany
Russia may deploy new strike weapons in response to the planned U.S. stationing of longer-range and hypersonic missiles in Germany, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday. Speaking at a naval parade in St Petersburg, Putin vowed “mirror measures” after the U.S. earlier this month announced that it will start deploying the weapons in 2026, […]
Army Officer Facing Discharge Deletes Training Materials, Calls Russian Embassy, Feds Say
The same night a U.S. Army officer filmed himself deleting Army training materials while he was being discharged from the military, he called the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C., according to federal prosecutors. In the video Manfredo Martin-Michael Madrigal III recorded in February 2022, he was “graphically describing his ill-will towards the Army,” prosecutors said. […]
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An Alaska Veteran Is Finally Getting His Benefits — 78 Years After the 103-Year-Old Was Discharged
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A 103-year-old World War II veteran who’s been paying his medical bills out-of-pocket is finally getting his veterans benefits from the U.S. government after 78 years. Louis Gigliotti’s caretaker says the former U.S. Army medical technician has a card from the Veteran Administration but he never realized he could use his status […]
Are Chemicals Still Spreading from a Titan-1 Missile Site in California? New Data Shows the Latest.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The most recent data collected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Titan-1 missile silo site in Placer County found that despite longstanding concerns, new soil vapor monitoring probes closest to homes in the Sun City Lincoln Hills development do not show signs of trichloroethylene, or TCE, a chemical that […]
Pentagon Reviewing 20 Medal of Honor Awards Given to Soldiers at the Wounded Knee Massacre
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has directed a five-person panel to review the 20 Medals of Honor that the Army awarded to soldiers for their actions at the Battle of Wounded Knee in South Dakota on Dec. 29, 1890. A senior defense official who spoke exclusively with Military.com on Monday said that the goal is “to […]
The Army Is Reducing Job Choice for New Recruits in 2 Critical Fields
New Army recruits going into two of the service’s most critical fields will no longer be able to choose which specific jobs they enlist into, according to an internal service email reviewed by Military.com. Both the field artillery and air defense fields, which each have several jobs within them that center around different weapons and […]
Fort Wainwright Soldier Killed by Alleged Drunk Driver at Main Gate
A soldier was killed at the main gate at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, on Monday after an alleged drunk driver plowed into them with an SUV late that afternoon, according to local police. The main gate was subsequently shut down. The soldier has not been identified, pending the notification of the next of kin, an Army […]
Former US Army Civilian Employee Sentenced to 15 Years for Stealing Nearly $109 Million
A Texas woman who was a civilian employee of the U.S. Army at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for stealing nearly $109 million from a youth development program for children of military families. Janet Yamanaka Mello, 57, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez in […]