MIL News Weekly
News & Politics
About
Welcome to the Weekly Briefing, the definitive podcast for staying informed on the most significant news and policy changes affecting U.S. service members, military retirees, veterans, and their families. Each episode delivers a concise, comprehensive roundup of the latest developments from the Department of Defense, Congress, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Episodes
- MIL News Weekly 3-9 May 2026 (Episode 49)
This episode of MIL News Weekly provides essential updates for the military and veteran community for the week of May 3-9, 2026. Topics include the Pentagon's rebranding, initiatives to reinstate service members after COVID-19 vaccine mand…
- MIL News Weekly 26 Apr - 2 May 2026 (Episode 48)
This episode of MIL News Weekly, covering April 26 to May 2, 2026, highlights major developments affecting military and veteran communities, including a government shutdown, Pentagon budget proposals, troop withdrawals, and updates on legi…
- MIL News Weekly 19-25 Apr 2026 (Episode 47)
MIL News Weekly reports on military and veterans news from April 19-25, 2026. Key updates include the end of the mandatory flu shot for service members, changes to union contracts, a fire aboard the USS Zumwalt, new Army initiatives, TRICA…
- MIL News Weekly 12-18 Apr 2026 (Episode 46)
This episode of MIL News Weekly reviews developments from April 12-18, 2026, regarding military pay, benefits, and VA updates. Topics include the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, TRICARE changes, reserve training, and VA reorganiza…
- MIL News Weekly 5-11 Apr 2026 (Episode 45)
MIL News Weekly covers military policy changes like the IRR redefinition and the ASA Monument Act. It details legislative impacts in Virginia, retiree benefit adjustments including COLA and TRICARE changes, and VA initiatives like adaptive…
- MIL News Weekly 29 Mar - 4 Apr 2026 (Episode 44)
This MIL News Weekly episode reviews military and veteran news from March 29 to April 4, 2026. Topics include Pentagon leadership changes, Coast Guard pay disruptions, retiree COLA and the Major Richard Starr Act, VA healthcare reform, a $…
- MIL News Weekly 22-28 Mar 2026 (Episode 43)
MIL News Weekly covers major updates for the military and veteran community. This episode discusses cultural reforms for chaplains, space threats from China and Russia, legislation for retirees, VA reforms, and federal/military pay raises.
- MIL News Weekly 15-21 Mar 2026 (Episode 42)
This episode of MIL News Weekly reviews military and veteran news from March 15-21, 2026. Topics include pay protection legislation, Pentagon press access, GI Bill lawsuits, VA healthcare reforms, and Agent Orange research.
- MIL News Weekly 8-14 Mar 2026 (Episode 41)
This MIL News Weekly episode covers March 8-14, 2026 updates for the military and veteran community. It details the Warrior Dividend, housing allowance increases, personnel strategy, COLA adjustments, Social Security, and VA initiatives li…
- MIL News Weekly 1-7 Mar 2026 (Episode 40)
This episode of MIL News Weekly reviews recent military and veteran affairs, including the Warrior Dividend, pay and housing allowance increases, and legislative updates on defense funding, BAH adjustments, and job transitions. It also det…
- MIL News Weekly 22-28 Feb 2026 (Episode 39)
MIL News Weekly Episode 39 provides updates for the military and veteran community from Feb 22-28, 2026. Topics include AI policy changes, education shifts, aviation safety legislation, military modernization, retirement adjustments, tax l…
- MIL News Weekly 15-21 Feb 2026 (Episode 38)
This MIL News Weekly episode covers February 15–21, 2026 military news, including defense appropriations, pay raises, the Shutdown Fairness Act, TRICARE pharmacy coverage, retiree COLA, and veteran affairs concerning disability ratings, Ag…
- MIL News Weekly 8-14 Feb 2026 (Episode 37)
MIL News Weekly addresses key military and veteran affairs from February 8-14, 2026. Topics include the National Defense Strategy, AI in military operations, homeland security, defense appropriations, VA restructuring, and changes to veter…
- MIL News Weekly 1-7 Feb 2026 (Episode 36)
MIL News Weekly provides updates for February 1-7, 2026, detailing the Consolidated Appropriations Act's impact on pay raises and military readiness. The episode also covers legislative actions concerning troop pay protection, DOD rebrandi…
- MIL News Weekly 25-31 Jan (Episode 35)
This MIL News Weekly episode covers military and veteran news from January 25-31, 2026. Key topics include the 2026 National Defense Strategy focusing on homeland defense, increases in active-duty numbers and pay, accelerated aircraft deve…
- MIL News Weekly 18-24 Jan 2026 (Episode 34)
This episode of MIL News Weekly reviews key military and veteran developments from January 18-24, 2026. Topics include the new National Defense Strategy, pay raises, VA policy changes, new veteran-focused legislation, and enrollment deadli…
- MIL News Weekly 11-17 Jan 2026 (Episode 33)
This episode of MIL News Weekly reviews military and veteran news from January 11–17, 2026. It details a 3.8% basic pay raise, a 4.2% housing allowance increase, new Marine Corps standards, and extended National Guard deployments. The disc…
- MIL News Weekly 4-10 Jan 2026 (Episode 32)
MIL News Weekly episode 32 for January 4–10, 2026, details military pay raises, cost of living allowances, and legislative actions like the Pay Our Troops Act. It also covers defense contractor oversight, global deployments, retirement and…
- MIL News Weekly 28 Dec 2025 - 3 Jan 2026 (Episode 31)
This episode of MIL News Weekly details military and veteran updates from Dec 28, 2025, to Jan 3, 2026, including pay raises, allowance adjustments, COLA rates, healthcare costs, VA reforms, and legislative changes.
- MIL News Weekly 21-27 Dec (Episode 30)
This MIL News Weekly episode reviews military and veteran news from December 21-27, 2025. Topics include the Warrior Dividend payment, Operation Hawkeye in Syria, the Venezuelan maritime quarantine, the 2026 NDAA, retiree cost-of-living ad…
- MIL News Weekly 14-20 Dec (Episode 29)
MIL News Weekly reports on military and veteran news from December 14-20, 2025. Topics include a 'warrior dividend' bonus, the NDAA with a pay raise and fitness standards, and updates on retirement, education benefits, TRICARE, and VA heal…
- MIL News Weekly 7-13 Dec (Episode 28)
This MIL News Weekly episode reviews the FY2026 NDAA, including a 3.8% pay raise and housing allowance changes. It also covers troop withdrawal policies, TRICARE updates, and VA initiatives like expanded caregiver support and healthcare mo…
- MIL News Weekly 30 Nov-6 Dec 2025 (Episode 27)
This episode of MIL News Weekly reviews military, retiree, and veteran news from November 30 to December 6, 2025. Topics include troop deployments, the Drone Dominance Program, fiscal updates, pay raises, COLA, TRICARE cost increases, and…
- MIL News Weekly 23-29 Nov (Episode 26)
MIL News Weekly discusses the Pentagon's rebranding to the Department of War, legislative updates like HR 5371, and changes affecting military retirees' healthcare and pay. The episode also details VA policy shifts regarding union contract…
- MIL News Weekly 16-22 Nov (Episode 25)
MIL News Weekly for Nov 16-22, 2025, details the impact of a government shutdown on military pay and financial systems, policy overhauls in training and discipline, and legislative progress on the NDAA. It also confirms the 2026 COLA for r…
- MIL News Weekly 9-15 Nov (Episode 24)
This episode of MIL News Weekly covers military and veteran updates from November 9-15, 2025. Key topics include the passage of HR 5371, the rebranding of the Department of Defense, expanded military operations, defense technology, legisla…
- MIL News Weekly 2-8 Nov 2025 (Episode 23)
This MIL News Weekly episode addresses the impact of the government shutdown on military personnel and families, legislative actions including compensation reforms and acquisition changes, updates on retiree benefits and TRICARE, and VA ma…
- MIL News Weekly 25 Oct - 1 Nov 2025 (Episode 22)
This episode of MIL News Weekly discusses the military and veteran news from October 26 to November 1, 2025. It addresses the pay crisis for active duty and reserve personnel due to a government shutdown, legislative efforts to ensure pay,…
- MIL News Weekly 19-25 October 2025 (Episode 21)
This episode of MIL News Weekly addresses the government shutdown
- MIL News Weekly 12-18 Oct 2025 (Episode 20)
This MIL News Weekly episode details the effects of the October 12–18, 2025 federal funding lapse on military personnel, including delayed pay for active and reserve members and protected pay for the Coast Guard. It also covers the stabili…
- MIL News Weekly 5-11 Oct 2025 (Episode 19)
This MIL News Weekly episode discusses the ongoing effects of the 2025 government shutdown on military personnel pay, Senate passage of the FY26 NDAA, updates to TRICARE Reserve Select Survivor benefits and the Reserve Income Replacement P…
- MIL News Weekly 28 Sep - 4 Oct 2025 (Episode 18)
This episode of MIL News Weekly covers significant updates for military families, retirees, and veterans, including TRICARE benefit changes, proposed 2026 NDAA provisions affecting pay and allowances, COLA adjustments for retirees, and shi…
- MIL News Weekly 21-27 Sep 2025 (Episode 17)
This episode of MIL News Weekly reviews military and veteran news for Sept 21-27, 2025, focusing on the potential government shutdown's effect on military pay and the Pay Our Troops Act. It also covers Pentagon restructuring, updates on Ar…
- MIL News Weekly 14-20 Sep 2025 (Episode 16)
MIL News Weekly episode 16 discusses President Trump's executive order restoring the Department of War, legislative action on the FY26 NDAA, changes affecting retirees, and bipartisan veterans bills passed by the House, alongside VA techno…
- MIL News Weekly 7-13 Sep 2025 (Episode 15)
This episode of MIL News Weekly discusses legislative actions like the FY2026 NDAA, military pay raises, and efforts to combat food insecurity. It also covers updates on Army fitness, Navy cyberwarfare, and expanded VA benefits for veteran…
- MIL News Weekly 31 Aug - 6 Sep 2025 (Episode 14)
This MIL News Weekly episode reviews military and veteran news from August 31 to September 6, 2025, detailing U.S. operations, modernization programs, recruitment and mental health challenges, retiree updates, and VA system changes due to…
- MIL News Weekly 24-30 Aug (Episode 13)
This MIL News Weekly episode discusses National Guard deployment, a new task force against drone threats, updates from various military branches, and recent pay and quality-of-life improvements. It also details significant Veterans Affairs…
- MIL News Weekly 17-23 Aug 2025 (Episode 12)
This episode of MIL News Weekly, August 17-23, 2025, reviews significant policy changes affecting military personnel and veterans, including National Guard deployments, COVID vaccine discharge reversals, and VA workforce adjustments. Hosts…
- MIL News Weekly 10-16 Aug 2025 (Episode 11)
MIL News Weekly reviews military and veteran news from August 10-16, 2025, including National Guard deployments, NDAA impacts, and VA service expansions and challenges.
- MIL News Weekly 3-9 Aug 2025 (Episode 10)
This MIL News Weekly episode from August 3-9, 2025, details the National Guard's role in domestic emergencies and legislative updates including the HR 3944 appropriations act. It also covers VA news concerning mental health services, medic…
- MIL News Weekly 27 Jul-2 Aug 2025 (Episode 9)
This episode of MIL News Weekly summarizes military and veteran community updates from July 27 to August 2, 2025. Key topics include new support systems for permanent change of station, VA administrative and healthcare advancements, and le…
- MIL News Weekly 20-26 Jul 2025 (Episode 8)
This episode of MIL News Weekly covers significant updates for military personnel, retirees, and veterans, including a pay raise, TRICARE system changes, the Dole Act, and VA workforce restructuring.
- MIL News Weekly 13-19 Jul 2025 (Episode 7)
This episode of MIL News Weekly discusses significant developments including Congress's defense budget decisions affecting service members' pay and healthcare, a cyberattack on the National Guard, and workforce changes at the Department of…
- MIL News Weekly 6-12 Jul (Episode 6)
MIL News Weekly covers July 6-12, 2025, detailing Pentagon drone policy changes, White House executive orders on vaccine mandates and DEI, Senate passage of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," retroactive retirement credit for National Guard…
- MIL News Weekly 29 Jun - 5 Jul 2025 (Episode 5)
MIL News Weekly discusses domestic military operations, defense budget details, and recruitment trends. It also covers updates on the Survivor Benefit Plan, potential changes to disabled veterans' benefits, and legislative actions aimed at…
- MIL News Weekly 22-28 June 2025 (Episode 4)
This episode of MIL News Weekly provides a roundup of significant news and policy changes affecting U.S. service members, retirees, veterans, and their families, sourced from the Department of Defense, Congress, and the Department of Veter…
- MIL News Weekly 15-21 June 2025 (Episode 3)
MIL News Weekly Episode 3, covering June 15-21, 2025, provides essential information for the military and veteran community regarding policies and events.
- MIL News Weekly 8-14 June 2025 (Episode 2)
MIL News Weekly Episode 2 for 8-14 June 2025 offers essential information for the military and veteran community. It aims to keep listeners informed about policies and events relevant to their world.
- MIL News Weekly 1-7 June 2025 (Episode 1)
MIL News Weekly Briefing covers significant news and policy changes impacting U.S. service members, retirees, veterans, and their families. The podcast provides a roundup of developments from the Department of Defense, Congress, and the De…