Scale of Cuts to the VA in the Pacific Unclear

Lance Lee (left), Installations, Environment and Logistics deputy director, provides a catwalk tour of the base to U.S. Congressman Ed Case, House Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military Construction, during a tour of Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

With significant proposed cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs by the administration of President Donald Trump, it’s not yet clear what that will mean for veterans in Hawaii and across the Pacific. The agency has confirmed to the Honolulu Star-­Advertiser that it has terminated a “small number” of probationary employees in Hawaii, and additional […]

Fort Carson Training Medical Personnel for Large Scale European War

Evans Army Community Hospital tested its emergency response capabilities

As the war in Ukraine kills and injures tens of thousands, European countries are getting more serious about medical training and ensuring the care is standardized across NATO nations. In a large-scale ground war in Eastern Europe, casualties could be, for example, transferred from a Danish Stryker ambulance to a Hungarian ambulance and then to […]