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3 weeks ago | 
realcleardefense.com | Karen Jowers
Military members should be moving less frequently for greater stability — and to save taxpayers’ dollars
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4 weeks ago | 
militarytimes.com | Karen Jowers
Military members should be moving less frequently for greater stability — and to save taxpayers’ dollars, according to defense officials who have set the process in motion for those reductions. In a memo announced Wednesday, Pentagon officials ordered the military service branches to cut in half the amount of money they spend on permanent change-of-station, or PCS, moves by fiscal 2030.
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1 month ago | 
militarytimes.com | Karen Jowers
With peak military moving season in full swing, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered immediate changes to the system that moves troops’ household goods, in light of “recent deficiencies” in the performance of the new Global Household Goods Contract, according to a Pentagon memo.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Karen Jowers
This article has been updated to include information from HomeSafe Alliance. With peak military moving season in full swing, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered immediate changes to the system that moves troops’ household goods, in light of “recent deficiencies” in the performance of the new Global Household Goods Contract, according to a Pentagon memo.
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1 month ago | 
militarytimes.com | Karen Jowers
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has sent a letter pressing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for answers about how potentially ending fluoride use in drinking water, as recently championed by the Trump administration’s health care chief, could undermine military readiness. Warren’s Thursday letter comes as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
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1 month ago | 
militarytimes.com | Karen Jowers
Military-connected travelers should be able to board domestic flights simply by showing their military ID, as Transportation Security Administration officers are trained to accept them in lieu of a REAL ID, a TSA spokesman said. As of May 7, individuals must show a REAL ID, or acceptable alternative, to board domestic commercial flights, visit military installations and access certain federal facilities. REAL ID driver’s licenses are identified by a star in the upper right-hand corner.
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1 month ago | 
militarytimes.com | Karen Jowers
Want to explore more than 2,000 varieties of barbed wire in the Kansas Barbed Wire Museum? Or get an in-depth look inside the Space Shuttle Trainer Crew Compartment at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington? Then check out this year’s Blue Star Museums program with free opportunities for military families around the country. About 2,000 museums are offering free admission to currently serving military personnel and up to five family members now through Sept. 1, Labor Day.
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1 month ago | 
militarytimes.com | Karen Jowers
A Defense Department pilot program is opening up more than 600 additional child care spaces in three new child care centers for military families in Norfolk, Virginia Beach and the National Capital Region, helping to make a dent in a waiting list that exceeds more than 2,000 in those areas. Defense officials awarded the contract for the pilot program in March 2024 to the nonprofit Armed Services YMCA.
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1 month ago | 
militarytimes.com | Karen Jowers
Thousands of beneficiaries are finding out they are being disenrolled from Tricare health care coverage in the West Region because they didn’t set up recurring payments by an April 30 deadline. “We anticipate the total being approximately 30,000 beneficiaries” who will be disenrolled in the process that is currently under way, TriWest officials said in a statement to Military Times. Those who want to reinstate their coverage must do so by June 30.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Karen Jowers
Thousands of beneficiaries are finding out they are being disenrolled from Tricare health care coverage in the West Region because they didn’t set up recurring payments by an April 30 deadline. “We anticipate the total being approximately 30,000 beneficiaries” who will be disenrolled in the process that is currently under way, TriWest officials said in a statement to Military Times. Those who want to reinstate their coverage must do so by June 30.
