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More of the Air Force’s toughest enlisted jobs qualify for bonus pay
The Air Force and Space Force have approved more job specialties for special duty bonuses in the coming fiscal year.
Tricare approved this disabled airman’s surgery, then stuck him with a $46K bill
Retired Master Sgt. Robin Gift, 56, has been fighting Tricare for roughly seven years and is almost out of moves — and money.
Gender-neutral fitness test for all? Air Force considering running-based formula
The military's focus on losing weight is a failed approach, said the chief of the Air Force's exercise science unit, but aerobic fitness is key.
New Pentagon transgender policy sets limits for treatment, new recruits after April 12
The Defense Department has approved a new policy that will largely bar transgender troops and military recruits from transitioning to another sex, and require most individuals to serve in their birth gender.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Male and female Marine platoons to integrate at recruit training for the first time
Third Recruit Training Battalion at Parris Island, South Carolina, will start its training cycle with one female platoon and five male platoons.
By Shawn Snow
Air Force adds jobs to special duty pay list in 2019
Some professional military education instructors, defense couriers and cyber airmen could be eligible for monthly special duty payments in fiscal 2019.
Airmen going on year-long deployments can now apply for next assignments early
The Air Force aims to make the lives of airmen deploying for 365 days easier by allowing them to request their follow-on assignments before they go overseas.
Transgender bodybuilder sculpts a new life in the Navy
The sailor had never participated in a bodybuilding competition before. It was all new, much like the past seven years of his life.
By Jon Simkins
VA undecided on whether to pay for sex reassignment surgery
A group of 83 lawmakers petitioned the VA secretary to update department policies and allow federal dollars to cover the procedure.
Surgical team on front lines of ISIS war to receive Bronze Stars
The Air Force will award Bronze Stars to five Special Operations Surgical Team airmen next week, including four who saved many lives under grueling conditions on the front lines of the war against the Islamic State in 2016.
Air Force medical team evacuates sailor wounded by IED in Syria
The 34-year-old sailor was left with a 2 percent survival rate following the detonation, leaving his rescuers “shocked he survived the initial injury."
By Kyle Rempfer