A new Defense Department website is simplifying the search and registration process for child care. MilitaryChildCare.com (MCC) offers access to comprehensive information on military-operated and ...

But the hardest thing to navigate in her military career is finding child care. “Child care is the only thing that has made me consider leaving military service,” said Williams, an Army ...

Tricare expanded doula and lactation services to expectant mothers overseas. The services are part of a test that runs ...

The act also authorizes a 14.5% pay raise for junior service members and military housing and child care improvements. Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., blasted the gender-affirming care provision ...

The latest version of the $895.2 billion annual defense bill, which is now on the House floor for amendment and approval , includes provisions related to military spouses and child care but ...

He said it also undermines the all-volunteer military's ability to recruit and retain talent. "No service member should have to decide between their family’s health care access and their call to ...

Speaker Mike Johnson drew criticism for leveraging the National Defense Authorization Act to target medical care for service members’ transgender children.

BSF’s Advocacy Efforts Drive Key Provisions in the Law, Including Pay Raises, Child Care Access, and Spouse Employment ...

This year's list includes investigations into abuse at military base child care facilities and alarming indications of cancer ...

The bill also provides significant new resources for child care and housing. “No service member should have to live in squalid conditions and no military family should have to rely on food ...

as well as new funding to help military spouses find jobs and families afford child care. In all, the NDAA would increase defense spending by 1%. But it was the inclusion of language banning ...

These improvements, developed with guidance from Blue Star Families’ data-driven advocacy, address the most urgent needs of military families, including cost of living, child care access ...