Report on Child Abuse at Military Day Cares Sparks Tough Questions for Navy, Army Leaders on Capitol Hill
Top Navy and Army officials faced tough questions Tuesday from lawmakers on what steps they are taking to prevent child abuse at military day-care centers after Military.com revealed serious gaps in policy and oversight related to cases of abuse in three states. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, during testimony before a House committee, suggested working with […]
Army’s Idea to Privatize Barracks Has Some Cautious Bipartisan Support on Capitol Hill
The Army’s plans to move toward privatizing its barracks — an idea that the service had repeatedly rejected since the 1990s — has at least some bipartisan support on Capitol Hill. Members of the House Armed Services Committee have said they back the idea, which the Army has now started to embrace as it looks […]
5 US Service Members Sue Federal Government over Fuel Contamination from Red Hill Spill in Hawaii
Five active-duty military personnel, including an Army colonel, filed a lawsuit Thursday against the federal government over their exposure to jet fuel in the drinking water of their on-base homes in Hawaii in 2021. The group is suing for damages over illnesses they say they endured after drinking and bathing in the water, which was […]
‘Where Is the Accountability’: Deplorable Condition of Military Barracks Sparks Outrage, Calls for Change on Capitol Hill
Lawmakers vented their frustration Wednesday after a government watchdog report detailed squalid living conditions in military barracks that included overflowing sewage, rampant mold, bed bug infestations and squatters. In the first public hearing of the House Armed Services Committee’s recently launched military quality-of-life panel, both Republican and Democrat lawmakers blasted the findings of last week’s […]
Army Scrubs Fort A.P. Hill, Renaming Base in Honor of Female Medal of Honor Recipient
Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia was redesignated Friday as Fort Walker to honor Dr. Mary Walker, the only female Medal of Honor recipient, who earned the medal for heroics treating wounded troops in the Civil War while under fire. Fort Walker, a small Virginia Army installation that serves as one of the main training grounds […]
