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A sign is shown at a COVID-19 vaccine site in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Counties in California and other places in the U.S. are trying to ensure they vaccinate people in largely Black, Latino and working-class communities that have borne the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic. San Francisco is reserving some vaccines for seniors in the two ZIP codes hit hardest by the pandemic. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

DoD outpaces public in vaccine efficiency, says vaccine is safe for nearly all adults

Meanwhile, the national average for vaccine efficiency sits at 68% and skepticism remains high among military spouses.

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Pandemic forcing military family support organizations to work overtime

Defense

Focus on military families, defense strategy changes likely coming under Biden administration

Defense

Army’s push for augmented reality goggles might extend to dogs, too

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Survey shows widening cracks in service member mental health and benefits issues during COVID

Defense

Members of Congress worried about coronavirus stimulus checks going to dead people

Federal Newscast

Extended stop move order starting to impact military finances, childcare

Defense

Senate Democrats ask OPM for more agency guidance

Federal Newscast

Senior Master Sgt. Paul Kalle, 723d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron first sergeant, speaks with a family during a Deployed Spouses Dinner Feb. 18, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. The monthly event is a free dinner at Georgia Pines Dining Facility designed as a ‘thank you’ for each families’ support and sacrifice while their spouse is deployed or on a remote assignment. The dinner, occurring on every third Tuesday of the month, provides an opportunity for spouses to interact with other families of deployed Airmen, key spouses and unit leadership, as well as provide a break for the spouse while military sponsor is deployed. The next Deployed Spouses Dinner will be March 17. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erick Requadt)

Military families’ lives stabilizing during coronavirus, but more challenges ahead

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FILE - This March 27, 2008, aerial file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. The Pentagon is reconsidering its awarding of a major cloud computing contract to Microsoft after rival tech giant Amazon protested what it called a flawed bidding process. U.S. government lawyers said in a court filing this week of March 13, 2020 that the Defense Department “wishes to reconsider its award decision” and take another look at how it evaluated technical aspects of the companies' proposals to run the $10 billion computing project. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Pentagon to use Defense Production Act for $133 million in N95 masks

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Sarkis Tatigian, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), Associate Director for Department of the Navy Office of Small Business Programs, celebrates 75 years of federal service on Sept. 26, 2017 at the Washington Navy Yard. During Tatigian’s tenure, the Navy has awarded more than an estimated $100 billion to small businesses from fiscal years 1951-2017, based on inflation and wartime efforts. (U.S. Navy Photo by Juan P. Liriano/Released)

DoD’s longest-serving employee passes away after 77 years of service

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein, right, sitting next to Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert B. Neller, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on long-term budgetary challenges. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Military stop move order could go into August, Goldfein says

The order has left some troops homeless and others paying two rents.

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First Look

Bipartisan coalition of lawmakers steps in to help military families paying two rents due to stop move order

Thirty-five members of Congress are asking DoD to extend relief to military families.

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Photo of a 3D printer actually in action printing a part. You can see the fan moving and the part it is printing.

Agencies team up to leverage 3D printing in coronavirus fight

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, three federal agencies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together in using 3D printing technology to build devices and objects used to treat coronavirus.

DoD outpaces public in vaccine efficiency, says vaccine is safe for nearly all adults

Pandemic forcing military family support organizations to work overtime

Focus on military families, defense strategy changes likely coming under Biden administration

Army’s push for augmented reality goggles might extend to dogs, too

Survey shows widening cracks in service member mental health and benefits issues during COVID

Members of Congress worried about coronavirus stimulus checks going to dead people

Extended stop move order starting to impact military finances, childcare

Senate Democrats ask OPM for more agency guidance

Military families’ lives stabilizing during coronavirus, but more challenges ahead

Pentagon to use Defense Production Act for $133 million in N95 masks

DoD’s longest-serving employee passes away after 77 years of service

Military stop move order could go into August, Goldfein says

Bipartisan coalition of lawmakers steps in to help military families paying two rents due to stop move order

Agencies team up to leverage 3D printing in coronavirus fight

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