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Back-to-school, military edition: why August is also admin hell

For civilians, August is a return to structure. For service members and veterans facing bureaucratic deadlines, it often feels like drowning in it.

By Clay Beyersdorfer

10 hours ago

New Tricare Prime option coming to beneficiaries in 2 metro areas

About 150,000 eligible beneficiaries can enroll for the demonstration program during open season.

By Karen Jowers

5 days ago

Veterans’ voices shape report on the Afghanistan War’s lessons, impact

Veterans of the war in Afghanistan are telling a commission that their experience was not only hell, but but also confounding and demoralizing.

7 days ago

VA needs more oversight of health care options to prevent waste: Study

Department leaders last month uncovered more than $100 million in duplicate government payments for medical services.

By Leo Shane III

7 days ago

VA hospitals are finding it harder to fill jobs, watchdog says

VA hospitals are having trouble filling jobs for doctors, nurses and psychologists, the watchdog reported.

13 days ago

Apollo 13 mission leader, Navy veteran James Lovell dies at 97

Astronaut James Lovell, who was commander of the 1970 Apollo 13 mission that managed to get back to Earth safely after an oxygen tank explosion, has died.

2 weeks ago