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The Marine officer who saved 8,000 lives at the ‘Frozen Chosin’
'To me, it didn’t matter whether those were Chinese, Korean, Mongolian, whatever — they were the enemy.'
Marine officer ends run in ‘Jeopardy!’ tournament
A Marine officer appeared in the last round of a "Jeopardy!" tournament and took home some serious cash.
DOD watchdog report warns of issues across military health care system
A lack of timely access to military health care plagues each of the services, according to a new Pentagon inspector general report.
Fixes could cut months off wait for vets’ fire-damaged service records
An inspector general report said frequent procedural mistakes are adding months to elderly veterans' wait for military records.
Defense Department’s COVID-19 data is unreliable, watchdog says
The accuracy rate of the data was supposed to be at least 90 percent, but the IG found errors in 24 of the 25 registry records they reviewed.
NATO members have tentative agreement to extend Stoltenberg’s tenure
NATO members have reached a tentative agreement to ask Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to remain head of the alliance for another year.
VA’s opioid treatment program is failing veterans, IG reports
VA officials routinely missed opioid use disorder diagnoses when developing treatment plans for personnel leaving the military.
Trump Pentagon official created toxic work environment, watchdog says
The report alleged that Cutrone made multiple employees cry.
By Zamone Perez
Should VA keep spending leftover COVID funds or give them back?
When the national COVID-19 emergency ended earlier this month, about $2.1 billion in extra money for veterans support remained unused.
What Gen. CQ Brown would bring as chairman of the Joint Chiefs
Two sources confirmed to Defense News that the president has chosen Gen. Brown to succeed Army Gen. Mark Milley as the nation’s top military officer.
Feds wrote duplicate checks to doctors who cared for vets
In nearly 300,000 cases, private doctors were paid twice for the same care provided to veterans from 2017 to 2021, according to a new watchdog report.
By Amanda Seitz, AP