Personnel

The Army plans to cut nearly a dozen mandatory training programs for its Soldiers to make more time available for unit-specific combat readiness tasks, service officials said last week.

Retired Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, President Donald Trump’s pick for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during his nomination hearing Tuesday that “our number one job is to create peace through overwhelming strength, and if need be, fight and win our nation's wars."

Examples of combat-arms specialties include infantry, artillery, armor, cavalry and special operations forces.

Troy Meink, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Air Force secretary, addressed the service’s recapitulation efforts and its continuing pilot shortage during his confirmation hearing before Senate Armed Services Committee last week.

A bipartisan coalition of lawmaker reintroduced legislation that would allow more than 50,000 combat-disabled veterans to simultaneously receive full retirement and disability pay.

Even fewer Air National Guard space professionals are willing to transfer to a single-component Space Force than last year, according to a recent survey.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a review of military standards, including physical fitness, body composition and grooming.

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.