Personnel

The Defense Department has announced plans to reduce 5-8% of its civilian workforce to “produce efficiencies and refocus the department on the president's priorities and restoring readiness” in the force.

Key changes to TRICARE between 2021 and 2024 could make it more difficult for service members and their families to access pharmacies and medications they need, according to a report from a congressional watchdog.

Drill-status Air National Guardsmen would have a permanent federal tuition assistance program compatible with the one available to the Army Guard under legislation reintroduced Feb. 6.

The Defense Department has instructed the services to invite back into uniform those personnel forced out or who separated voluntarily because they refused the COVID-19 vaccine.

Defense leaders have been crystal clear for years that China is America’s preeminent security concern.

Title 10 and Title 32 National Guard Active Guard and Reserve personnel can open health-care flexible spending accounts for the first time during a special enrollment period next month, according to defense officials.

The Air Force has updated the dress and grooming standards its Airmen follow, per a Jan. 29 press release from the service.

The National Guard has more than 1,600 Guardsmen along the U.S.-Mexico border ready when called upon to support President Donald Trump's recent executive order to "protect the territorial integrity of the United States," the National Guard Bureau announced Jan. 23.

The Air Force must grow its reserve component and combat fighter inventory to address its chronic shortage of pilots, according to a new report from the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.

About 7,800 National Guardsmen were on duty in Washington, D.C., Monday, as part of a large interagency presence to ensure the peaceful transition of power during the 60th Presidential Inauguration.

About 2,500 National Guardsmen from California, Nevada and Wyoming are on duty working with local, state and federal agencies to fight the wildfires raging across the Los Angeles area, the National Guard Bureau said Tuesday.

Veterans who served two or more separate periods of military service are now eligible for up to 12 months of additional education benefits, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced Jan. 3.