Republican Sen. Jerry Moran has served on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee since his election to the Senate in 2011. As a member of the House of Representatives, he sat on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee for more than a decade.

Roger Wicker of Mississippi won reelection to the Senate on Tuesday night. With the Republican takeover of the upper chamber, he is in line next year to lead the panel that oversees the Defense Department and helps set defense policy.

A group of progressive House lawmakers is questioning the involvement of the U.S. military in the expanding conflict in the Middle East, arguing the deployment of American troops to Israel and other support violated constitutional law.

The Defense Department’s effort to provide troops with free high-speed Wi-Fi is focusing increasingly on remote installations where internet access is difficult to obtain, a Pentagon official said Wednesday.

The lawmakers told the House and Senate Armed Services committees that troops should have the same level of IVF coverage that will be available next year to lawmakers and civilian federal employees. Service members are disproportionately affected by infertility, they said.

Two lawmakers are looking to codify the Veterans Experience Office within the VA after the office expanded outreach to women veterans, created a mobile app and, according to the VA, improved trust by 25%.

The Defense Department said it is committed to carrying out congressionally required reforms to its Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program after 21 instructors were accused of sexual misconduct in the 2022-23 school year.

A bipartisan group of 125 lawmakers is urging the leaders of the Senate and House Armed Services committees to maintain the authority of governors over their state’s National Guard forces as the Air Force proposes moving some of them into the Space Force.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that replacing some American units in Europe with Ukrainian troops would allow the U.S. “to do more in its priority regions, in the Indo-Pacific or anywhere.” “But for this, we need to win, of course,” he said.

A limitation on how long spouses of fallen service members can receive cheaper health care benefits could be lifted under a new bill introduced in the House.