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Military & Veterans News DOD Announces Efforts to Ensure Access to Reproductive Health Care Today, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced the Department will take all appropriate action, within its authority and consistent with applicable federal law, as soon as possible to ensure that Service members and their families can access reproductive health care and health care providers can operate effectively. 

Military & Veterans News Defense Department Expands Military Child Care Program to Increase Availability of Affordable, Quality Child Care for Military Families The Defense Department is beginning the expansion of a program that increases access to quality civilian providers when on-installation child care is unavailable to military families.

Military & Veterans News Message to the Force - One Year Since the Conclusion of the Afghanistan War Today, we mark one year since the end of the U.S. war in Afghanistan, and I, like so many of you, have been reflecting on the sacrifice that American Service Members, Veterans, their families, and so many others made during America's longest war.

Military & Veterans News $1 Billion in Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announces the authorization of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance valued at up to $1 billion to meet Ukraine’s critical security and defense needs. This authorization is the Biden Administration’s eighteenth drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. It is the largest single drawdown of U.S. arms and equipment utilizing this authority, and this package provides a significant amount of additional ammunition, weapons, and equipment - the types of which the Ukrainian people are using so effectively to defend their country.

Military & Veterans News $270 Million in Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced $270 million in additional security assistance for Ukraine. This includes President Biden’s announcement of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance valued at up to $175 million, as well as $95 million in Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funds.

Military & Veterans News Defense Department Announces Atomic Veterans Commemorative Service Medal Today, the Secretary of Defense established the Atomic Veterans Commemorative Service Medal to commemorate the service and sacrifice of veterans who were instrumental in the development of our Nation's atomic and nuclear weapons programs.  

Military & Veterans News $1 Billion in Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine This afternoon, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced $1 billion in additional security assistance for Ukraine. This includes an authorization of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance valued at up to $350 million, as well as $650 million in Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funds. 

Military & Veterans News Department of Defense Updates Policy on HIV-Positive Service Members This week, the Secretary of Defense updated the Department’s policies on Human Immunodeficiency Virus-positive personnel serving within the Armed Forces in view of significant advances in the diagn

Military & Veterans News Fact Sheet on U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine The United States has committed approximately $5.3 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden Administration, including approximately $4.6 billion since the beginnin

Military & Veterans News Tester, Moran Announce Bipartisan Senate Agreement on Historic Toxic Exposure Legislation Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Military & Veterans News Tester Presses VA Officials on Increased Oversight of Care for Veterans At hearing, Chairman also heard from VA OIG Inspector General on critical need for VA to broaden awareness of the OIG’s recommendations

Military & Veterans News DoD Announces Dr. Craig Martell as Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer The Department of Defense announces Dr. Craig Martell as Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO). Dr. Martell brings extensive industry experience and expertise in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. 

Military & Veterans News Defense Department New Website to Navigate Innovation Opportunities The Department of Defense announced today an “Innovation Pathways” website providing a “one-stop shop” for the DoD innovation ecosystem. Located at www.ctoinnovation.mil, the site serves as a gateway to the Department’s efforts to bring in new ideas and technology, with a special focus on students, universities, and businesses.

Military & Veterans News Department of Defense (DoD) Announces Supplemental Grant Awards The Department of Defense announced $3.6 million in Supplemental Support for Research Trainees (SSRT) awards to 34 early career researchers pursuing basic research across multiple scientific disciplines. These one-year funding add-ons to existing DoD grants will help offset the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the continued work of 25 PhD candidates and nine postdoctoral fellows at universities across the United States.

Military & Veterans News DOD Establishes 5G and Future Generation Wireless Cross-Functional Team The Department of Defense announced today the establishment of a 5G and FutureG cross-functional team that will accelerate the adoption of transformative 5G and future generation wireless networking technologies to ensure its forces can operate effectively anywhere, including in contested networks. Congress mandated the establishment of the CFT in the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act to enrich collaboration and integration across the DoD and with the private sector to accelerate the delivery of new capabilities to the warfighter.

Military & Veterans News VA Proposes Updates to Rating Schedule for Respiratory, Auditory and Mental Disorders WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs is proposing changes to the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities specifically pertaining to the respiratory, auditory and mental disorders body systems.

Military & Veterans News Department of Defense Technology Vision for an Era of Competition The Department of Defense announced today a new technology vision established by Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu.

Military & Veterans News Tester, Moran Urge VA Action to Safeguard Veterans’ Earned Compensation and Pension Benefits (U.S. Senate) – Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) are urging Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough to protect veterans from losing their earned compensation and pension benefits as a result of administrative and mailing issues in the federal government. 

Military & Veterans News Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on COVID Status Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III I tested positive this morning for COVID-19. I requested the test today after exhibiting symptoms while at home on leave. 

Military & Veterans News DoD Releases 2022 Basic Allowance for Housing Rates The Department of Defense has released the 2022 Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) rates.  BAH rates will increase an average of 5.1 percent when the new rates take effect on January 1, 2022.&n

Military & Veterans News Defense Department Launches Online Memorial for Service Members The Defense Department launched the Military In Lasting Tribute online memorial, which recognizes service members who died while serving honorably on active duty from 1985 to the present. It is the only DoD memorial to include peacetime deaths.

Military & Veterans News VA mandates COVID-19 vaccines among its medical employees including VHA facilities staff WASHINGTON — July 26 Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough announced he will make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for Title 38 VA health care personnel — including physicians, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, registered nurses, physician assistants, expanded-function dental auxiliaries and chiropractors — who work in Veterans Health Administration facilities, visit VHA facilities or provide direct care to those VA serves.

Military & Veterans News VA announces new options to help Veterans avoid foreclosure WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs is offering a new COVID-19 Refund Modification option to assist Veterans who require a significant reduction in their monthly mortgage payments because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Military & Veterans News 'Women Veteran Boot Camp Accelerator' empowers entrepreneurs The Department of Veterans Affairs and the PenFed Foundation brought together 80 women Veteran entrepreneurs for a six-month accelerator program, July 13 that would prepare them for sustainability and growth in federal and commercial marketplaces