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What veterans and service members need to know about military discharge upgrades

A discharge characterization of anything less than fully honorable does not have to deprive you of access to veterans’ benefits indefinitely, and the…

Commentary

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Nowhere safe to hide: What online harassment is doing to service members and the military

Defense

Cadet Samantha Price

How West Point is likely to deal with drug-overdosing cadets

Army

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A federal employment attorney assesses the impact of having a Merit Systems Protection Board

Workforce Rights/Governance

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Can the trend of decreasing employee unions be reversed?

Unions

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Will making sexual harassment an explicit crime help the military crack down? Experts say maybe

Defense News

Only 800 airmen flat out refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine

Air Force

Sgt. Serita Unin, a fireteam leader with Bison Company, 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, Alaska Army National Guard, poses for a photo on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 16, 2021. Unin made Alaska National Guard history by becoming the first infantry qualified woman in the organization after she reclassified into the infantry military occupational specialty last month. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Edward Eagerton)

Growing numbers of service members getting COVID vaccine exemptions

Defense

What the FDA’s new vaccine approval could mean for federal employee vaccine mandates

Workforce

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Potential military vaccine mandate brings distrust, support

Defense

FILE - In this April 26, 2021 file photo, a nursing student administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center at UNLV, in Las Vegas. Lagging vaccination rates among nursing home staff are being linked to a national increase in COVID-19 infections and deaths at senior facilities in July and are at the center of a federal investigation in a hard-hit Colorado location where disease detectives found many workers were not inoculated. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Will feds get The Vaccine — or sue instead?

Federal Report

Dan Meyer, managing partner at the law firm Tully Rinckey PLLC in Washington, DC.

What would happen to the federal employees who resist a vaccine mandate?

For what the implications might be, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the managing partner of the law firm Tulley Rinckey, Dan Meyer.

Workforce

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A small change in an arcane appeals process will ripple throughout the Defense Department

Earlier this year, the Defense Department issued a new policy to streamline appeals by people trying to become eligible to access classified information…

Defense

Complex appointments clause challenges throw some MSPB cases in limbo

Workforce Rights/Governance

A series of appointments clause challenges have created a second, albeit much smaller, backlog of pending cases awaiting action from the Merit Systems Protection Board.