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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- A couples introduction to parenthood was burdened by three- and six-week time constraints, which made recovery from birth, adjusting to having a new baby, and finding child care before returning to work that much harder. But according to new Department of Defense guidelines, active-duty birth mothers are authorized 12 weeks of parental leave following six weeks of convalescent leave, while the non-birth parent is eligible for 12 weeks of parental leave.

The Department of Defense released guidelines Jan. 4 to expand the military parental leave program, giving uniformed parents 12 weeks at home to welcome new additions to their families — a departure from the scant three weeks given under the previous policy.

The 131st Bomb Wing announced its 2023 Outstanding Airman of the Year.

Officials from the 45th Infantry Division Museum in Oklahoma City were invited recently to check out renovations and restorations at the Oklahoma Military Academy Museum in Claremore.

The 42nd Mission Support Group hosted a Readiness Reset Exercise in which a small team of Airmen from across the base participated in rigorous combat scenarios.

Military parents of newborns are entitled up to four times more parental leave, depending on their roles, under the recently authorized National Defense Authorization Act.

The 908th Airlift Wing’s 25th Aerial Port Squadron recently acquired a high-line dock, which is material handling equipment.

Each year on Christmas Eve, more than a thousand volunteers donate two hours of their time to work as Santa trackers with the NORAD Tracks Santa program. The tradition was

Space Force may be young, but it is as official as the other five military branches. The US Space Force may sound like a fictitious military branch in a sci-fi movie, but it actually isn't.

The U.S. launched a Space Force unit in South Korea Tuesday, the latest development in preparations for the possibility of a future war spilling into space.