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Commissary Home Delivery Program expands across the U.S.
February 19, 2026 — The Defense Commissary Agency expanded its online grocery delivery program to an additional 62 stateside stores, allowing service members and their families to shop online and have groceries delivered to their homes... MORE

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$1,776 'Warrior Dividend' tax-free, IRS confirms
January 20, 2026 — The Internal Revenue Service confirmed that the $1,776 "Warrior Dividend" more than 1.5 million service members received last year, at the direction of President Donald J. Trump, would be tax-free. ... MORE

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War Department ensures valuable Federal Wage System employees earn prevailing wages
December 29, 2025 — The War Department released updated pay tables for Federal Wage System employees nationwide to ensure that skilled and talented workers earn the prevailing wages they deserve, no matter where they serve. ... MORE

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Hegseth directs task force to oversee department-wide barracks improvement
December 5, 2025 — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth directed in a memorandum that a barracks task force be stood up to develop a departmentwide investment plan for barracks improvements and report its progress to him within 30 days. ... MORE

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Defense Health Agency unveils new online search tool
September 5, 2025 — The Defense Health Agency recently launched findDHA, an online, interactive tool on its website, that allows users to search for DHA locations around the globe... MORE

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PCS Task Force launches call center, delivering answers on military moves
August 1, 2025 — The Permanent Change of Station Joint Task Force launched a 24/7 call center to help service members, Defense Department civilians and their families with their government moves... MORE

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DOD seeks to make permanent change of station moves smoother
July 24, 2025 — Commander of the Permanent Change of Station Joint Task Force Army Maj. Gen. Lance G. Curtis announced HomeSafe Alliance will no longer provide household goods shipping services for the Defense Department and Coast Guard... MORE

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PCS Task Force prioritizes trust, timeliness, accountability
June 30, 2025 — Army Maj. Gen. Lance G. Curtis leads the newly created Permanent Change of Station Joint Task Force, which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth established to improve how the Defense Department moves service members from one assignment to the next... MORE

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DOD will pass audit by 2028, comptroller confirms
June 23, 2025 — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth; Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell, performing the duties of the Defense Department comptroller, testified during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on DOD's fiscal year 2026 budget in Washington... MORE

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DOD launches child care expansion initiative, provides more options to military families
June 11, 2025 — Dependable and affordable child care is a big issue for military families, and it's a priority for the Defense Department, which has a number of programs underway to expand the available options... MORE

New behavioral health training program helps keep warfighters on the battlefield
June 9, 2025 — A new program teaching combat medics to handle battlefield behavioral health crises is part of the Defense Department's sweeping readiness push... MORE

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Last Week in DOD: Additional DOGE savings, strengthening VA partnership, homeschool review
June 3, 2025 — Last week, the Defense Department announced the Department of Government Efficiency found additional savings, a strengthening partnership with the Department of Veteran's Affairs and recognizing the importance of homeschooling for military families... MORE

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DOD makes plans to reduce discretionary PCS budget by half over next 5 years
June 2, 2025 — The Defense Department directed military departments to look at how their services could reduce their discretionary permanent change of station move budgets as a way to increase geographic stability to families, increase department efficiency and reduce costs for the department. ... MORE

Hegseth orders review of homeschool support efforts
May 27, 2025 — The Defense Department has initiated a review of the department's existing support for homeschooling by military-connected families... MORE

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Hegseth directs changes to address shortfalls in household movement system
May 23, 2025 — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the U.S. Transportation Command to change how the Global Household Goods contract is implemented in an effort to better serve military families... MORE

Military Spouse Survey spurs DOD review of moving-related issues
May 22, 2025 — The Defense Department released to Congress the results of the 2024 Active-Duty Spouse Survey, a look at the opinions and attitudes conducted roughly every two years... MORE

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Sixteen military hospitals, including BAMC, receive Leapfrog's highest safety grade
May 20, 2025 — Sixteen military hospitals, including Brooke Army Medical center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, received an "A" rating in the latest safety grade assessment by the Leapfrog Group, a national, independent organization focused on health care quality... MORE

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Senior enlisted leaders say lethality tied to service members' quality of life
April 9, 2025 — The Defense Department's ability to be a lethal fighting force can be linked to the quality of life for America's warfighters and their families... MORE

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Around the Air Force: More Air Force, Space Force priorities, flexible spending accounts
March 14, 2025 — In this week’s look Around the Air Force, Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David Allvin describes his strategy for defending the homeland and meeting the nation’s security priorities, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman outlines the USSF’s path to ensure space superiority, and enrollment opens for a new Health Care FSA benefit... MORE

In this week’s look Around the Air Force, Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin describes his strategy for defending the homeland and meeting the nation’s security priorities, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman outlines the Space Force’s path to ensure space superiority, and enrollment opens for a new Health Care Flexible Spending Account benefit for service members.

DOD offers health care flexible spending account to service members
March 3, 2025 — Service members can sign up for the new Health Care Flexible Spending Account and put as much as $3,300 in pretax earnings into an account each year, which can be spent on qualifying health care expenses... MORE

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