National Military Family Association

John Kirby

DoD will seek to require COVID-19 vaccine for all troops by mid-September at the latest

Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby says DoD may move the timeline closer if COVID rates continue to spike.

Defense

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2020, file photo a Boeing 777X airplane takes off on its first flight with the Olympic Mountains in the background at Paine Field in Everett, Wash. Boeing on Wednesday, May 27, is cutting more than 12,000 jobs through layoffs and buyouts as the coronavirus pandemic seizes the travel industry. And the aircraft maker says more cuts are coming. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File).

DoD study suggests it’s very hard to contract COVID-19 on an airplane

DoD Reporter's Notebook

(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erick Requadt)

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

Defense

Maryland/MC2 Clifford L. H. Davis

DoD gives states recommendations on bettering military spouse licensing

Defense

Are you ready for TRICARE copayment increases?

Pay & Benefits

TRICARE open season may lockout options for some military families

Benefits

Senate panel keeps military pay raise at 1.6 percent, reforms TRICARE

Congress

Estimate gives modest savings to TRICARE reform

Defense

Military groups fight to stop DoD budget proposal

Budget