In reversal, Pentagon keeps women’s advisory group, adds four more www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi... via @hopeseck.bsky.social @militarytimes.bsky.social

Study finds drop in veteran suicides in 2020, 2021 and 2022 via @militarydotcom.bsky.social www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Coast Guard to institute service-wide PFT next year - last service to require one for all. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202... via @militarytimes.bsky.social @leoshane.bsky.social

Via @militarytimes.bsky.social @leoshane.bsky.social: VA cancels plans for employee satisfaction survey this year www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...

Women vets are the fastest growing group using VA health care. Obstetricians are notably missing from this list because virtually all obstetric care is already referred to community doctors. Unfortunately, there is a noticeable lack of obstetricians in many communities these days.

www.military.com/daily-news/2... via @militarydotcom.bsky.social

Military Reporters & Editor’s Awards Deadline Extended! www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/...

Military Domestic Violence Convictiins have surged since commanders were removed from prosecution decisions. Via @militarydotcom.bsky.social @stevenbeynon.bsky.social www.military.com/daily-news/i...

VA Changes Discrimination Policy, says it won’t change services for vets via @militarydotcom.bsky.social www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Fort Bragg soldiers who cheered Trump’s political attacks (and jeered the press) were checked for allegiance, appearance via @stevenbeynon.bsky.social @ktoropin.bsky.social @militarydotcom.bsky.social www.military.com/daily-news/2...

We are not cutting essential services but we really don't know because we've never led a workforce reduction this big despite decades of demand for a functioning VA tied to personnel growth needed for that that purpose.

VA seeks assitance with pending layoffs. www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

@uscg.bsky.social braved withering fire to out troops ashore on #DDay www.military.com/daily-news/2...

WWII veteran Wally King speaks at the DDay ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, on the 81st anniversary of the Normandy invasion. King was with the 513th Fighter Squadron, 406th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force during the war. 🎦: Michael Abrams / Stars and Stripes

Watch the @unite4vets.bsky.social rally on the National Mall at link below. @adamkinzinger.bsky.social @duckworth.senate.gov @conorlambpa.bsky.social IAVA @dropkickmurphys.com #veterans and more. Story to come @tomnovelly.bsky.social @militarydotcom.bsky.social www.unite4veterans.org

Watch my friend Will Attig and Ken Casey of @dropkickmurphys.com with @jimacosta.bsky.social talking about Unite for Veterans tomorrow! open.substack.com/live-stream/...

@dropkickmurphys.com, #veterans together on the National Mall in DC TOMORROW to protest proposed cuts to Veterans Affairs jobs, impact on services via @militarydotcom.bsky.social www.military.com/daily-news/2...

The Coast Guard's newest icebreaker got underway today with a mixed Coastie-civilian crew, according to the service. The Storis will be commissioned in Juneau in August; it's the former resupply vessel Aiviq modified for CG ops.

Lingering cost worries cloud plans for veterans disability reform bill via @leoshane.bsky.social @militarytimes.bsky.social www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...

Defense Secretary Hegseth Orders Review of Defense Department's support for homeschooling via @militarydotcom.bsky.social www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Memorial Day Weekend in DC: Long lines at Arlington National Cemetery; Rolling Thunder (or whatever it is called now); and TAPS members everywhere. VA mobile Vet Center on site at the cemetery for on-the-spot counseling & support. 🇺🇸

Chaotic ending 50 years ago today to another war, via @militarydotcom.bsky.social reporter & Vietnam veteran Lt. Richard Sisk, USMC www.military.com/daily-news/2...

With REAL ID deadline approaching, DoD IDs remain on list of accepted forms for U.S. travel. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Happening now, top senior enlisted leaders testify before the House Appropriations MilCon & VA Subcommittee on quality of life issues for troops. Catch it here: appropriations.house.gov/schedule/hea...

Happening Now: Senate Veterans Affairs Committee holds confirmation hearing for Veterans Affairs Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, General Counsel & CFO. Watch here: www.veterans.senate.gov/2025/4/heari...

Not Just for US Veterans: 7 Medical Breakthroughs the VA Gave to the World via Blake Stilwell @militarydotcom.bsky.social www.military.com/history/not-...

VA halts hormone therapy, other care for new transgender patients via @militarydotcom.bsky.social www.military.com/daily-news/2...

DoD personnel & health leaders talk readiness, restoring capability to Walter Reed Bethesda, via DoD. walterreed.tricare.mil/News-Gallery...

Millitary Medical System Not Ready for War due to Cuts and Delayed Reforms, Experts Warn via @militarydotcom.bsky.social www.military.com/daily-news/2...

VA to fire 83,000 employees this year under DOGE advisement, via @kheel.bsky.social @militarydotcom.bsky.social www.military.com/daily-news/2...

ICYMI, VA Secretary Doug Collins is the ‘designated survivor’ for tonight’s Presidential address to Congress.

2/2 We are still reporting on it. via @militarydotcom.bsky.social www.military.com/daily-news/2...

ICYMI, 1/2 Media were told they couldn’t go to the AMSUS conference of federal health professionals. www.military.com/daily-news/2025/03/03/media-barred-covering-top-defense-va-health-officials-conference-amid-concerns-over-care.html

Trump earlier today in the Oval Office on federal firings: "We're watching this carefully," referring to veterans in the federal work force. "We hope it's going to be as small a number as possible." He added that "we're taking good care of our veterans. We love our veterans."

The unvaccinated child who died of measles in Texas was otherwise healthy. I interviewed a doctor who treated the child. Free link: wapo.st/3QBGSIr

"There are bigger ramifications in firing veterans than just faceless workers being let go. The American people are losing technical expertise, training and security clearances already bought and paid for by taxpayers." Story by @patriciakime.bsky.social

'Indefensible': Justice Thomas Slams Feres Doctrine After Case Turned Down by Supreme Court via @militarydotcom.bsky.social www.military.com/daily-news/2...

DoD guidance is out: do not respond

The internal medicine clinic at the Navy’s third largest base in the United States is now staffed with one doctor for 2,200 patients, forcing officials to move one-third of the backlog of cases to medical care off the base.

"The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall terminate the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Long COVID" www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Some good news for military spouses fortunate enough to have a remote federal job via @militarydotcom.bsky.social www.military.com/daily-news/2...

"service members, veterans and their families would lose a vital defender and the only federal agency mandated to safeguard their financial interests ..." Story by @patriciakime.bsky.social

Iraq War Veteran with non-violent felony drug time picked up for deportation via @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

The Defense Department school system is reviewing materials used in classrooms and school libraries to ensure they comply with Trump's ordered ban on certain subjects – and it already has pulled books and lessons from its curricula as part of the effort. Story by @patriciakime.bsky.social

8 Inspectors General, including DoD & VA, Fired by Trump File Lawsuit Seeking Reinstatement www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

Unfortunately, when I spoke with @MotherJones last month, none of this had materialized yet. Now, the cuts are happening. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

NEW: Hegseth’s visit to U.S. base in Germany met with student walkout www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...