Army Cuts Popular Education Benefit in Half, Bars Officers as Costs Soar

Self-Directed Credentialing Assistance has been added to the Army Credentialing Program.

The Army is dramatically scaling back one of its most generous education benefits, the Credentialing Assistance program known as Army CA, in a bid to rein in costs that could be one of the most consequential shifts in soldiers’ benefits in years. Introduced force-wide in 2020, Army CA was hailed as a groundbreaking complement to […]

Military Obesity Rates Soar, Compounding Recruitment Challenges

Soldiers take part in a drill in Pocheon, South Korea

Obesity rates among active-duty servicemembers doubled in the past decade, and antiquated policies and incomplete data have complicated efforts to combat the trend, according to a new report from the American Security Project. Military obesity rates across the active duty jumped from 10.4% in 2012 to 21.6% in 2022, according to the study, the findings of which […]