The Department of Defense provided an update on the status of a PFAS Task Force examining contamination in the ground water of military installations during a media roundtable last week, noting that hundreds of military installations are affected and authorities are still working on the issue. PFAS stands for Per- and Polyflouroalkyl Substances, a toxic…
AUSN Holds First Navy Now Webinar on TRICARE — Watch Now If you have family members spread across the country, how can you make sure everyone gets their TRICARE benefits? What is the TRICARE TAMP program? TRICARE expert Capt. Marylynn Marrese answers these questions and many more in our first webinar on the subject of…
Those who sign up to serve in the United States Navy — or in any of the other branches of our military — understand that it’s a dangerous job. But the 33 Navy sailors and nine Navy civilians working in the southwest section of the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, probably did not feel they…
Congress Wants Quick Passage Of NDAA Despite Differences: Report Despite major differences between the House and Senate versions of the National Defense Authorization Act, authorizers are going to try to quickly pass a final bill before the fiscal year ends, according to a report. [Read more] DoD To Start Consolidating All Military Hospitals The Department…
Despite major differences between the House and Senate versions of the National Defense Authorization Act, authorizers are going to try to quickly pass a final bill before the fiscal year ends, according to a report. Congress is back this week on a five-week summer recess, and Defense News reports that staff for both the House…
The Department of Defense will begin a major effort to consolidate all military hospitals and clinics under a single agency starting Oct. 1. On that date, all services will start the final two years of a multi-year transition to shift all medical facilities to the Defense Health Agency. The shift is scheduled for completion by…
Adm. Michael Gilday has officially taken the helm of the Navy as the 32nd Chief of Naval Operations, taking over for Adm. John Richardson who is retiring after 37 years. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer served as the presiding officer and guest speaker during the ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. late last…
The Department of Defense has released a report that explores the feasibility of consolidating the exchange and commissary entities into a single defense resale system without causing problems for beneficiaries. Some of the recommended reforms in the report include a consolidation of back-office functions like human resources, information technology, procurement efforts, and restructure resale governance.…
Sixty-four U.S. senators have signed a letter urging the chairmen of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees to keep a repeal of the “widow’s tax” in the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act as the two sides go to conference. The letter was authored by Sens. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) and Susan Collins…
The House and Senate have both passed their own versions of the National Defense Authorization Act, and there are significant differences between the two of them. Both sides will need to work quickly in conference to deliver a final version before the end of this fiscal year, and AUSN has identified a number of provisions…