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Special Needs Military Families Report Mixed Feelings About Program to Help with Medical Care, Services

An Exceptional Family Member Program athlete, participates in an exercise using listening skills and balance during a Special Olympics equestrian camp at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Equestrian Center.

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 […]

Soldier Shot During Special Forces Training Event After Live Ammo Mixed in with Blanks

A U.S. Army infantryman grips his M249 light machine gun

All live weapon training for the Army’s Special Forces units, and most of the elements that support them, will be shut down for much of this week due to a safety stand-down — after a soldier was accidentally shot during a training event, the service confirmed to Military.com. A 7th Infantry Division soldier at Joint […]