Karin Orvis

FILE - A young man stands in front of a shelve with hard liquor at a beverage market in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany, June 15, 2007. The German government's drugs czar has proposed raising the age when people can buy beer and win from 16 to 18, and cracking down on alcohol and tobacco advertising. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Vets suing Army for not recognizing substance abuse disorders in discharges

In today’s Federal Newscast, veterans are suing the Army for refusing to give soldiers with alcohol and drug addictions honorable discharges.

Federal Newscast

Air Force Staff Sgt. Brittany A. Chase, DOD

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OMB names DoD’s suicide prevention director as chief statistician to lead data goals

Big Data

DoD starts interagency suicide prevention campaign aimed at firearms

Defense

Air Force now requiring ‘private’ spaces for nursing moms

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