by Mark Satter | Oct 29, 2019 | Featured, Military
WASHINGTON – The Government Accountability Office opened an investigation as a result of at least eight Army and Marine Corps training deaths that occurred so far in 2019, GAO and House Armed Services Committee officials confirmed Thursday. The investigation was...
by Holly Barker | Aug 8, 2019 | Business & Tech, Military, Topics
WASHINGTON — Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp., the financial services arm for Nissan North America, settled a federal lawsuit last Thursday alleging violations of a law that helps members of the military by suspending certain financial obligations during active duty. The...
by Kimberly Jin | Aug 6, 2019 | Military
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veteran Affairs says it spent $2.3 billion on its electronic health record system from fiscal 2015 through 2017, but the Government Accountability Office said it found only $1 billion of the spending to be “sufficiently reliable.”...
by Basma Amer & Juliette Rocheleau | Aug 10, 2018 | Military
WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence unveiled plans for the U.S. Space Force. “Space Force all the way!” President Donald Trump tweeted following Pence’s address. The president first announced plans for the Space Force in...
by Medill News Service | Aug 9, 2018 | Featured, Military
WASHINGTON — Purple Heart Day has been a national day of recognition for over 200 years. When servicemen and women are wounded or killed in combat, they are awarded a Purple Heart Medal, the nation’s first medal of honor. Since 1782, 1.8 million men and...