A pilot program initiated in April that gives Army doctors at military in-processing facilities broad authority to grant waivers for 147 low-risk medical conditions has gone so well that the service ...

As the military services continue to grapple with a recruiting crisis, a Pentagon watchdog report notes that each branch could do better when it comes to tracking medical waiver data. The Defense ...

Some service members who wear beards for religious reasons worry the Pentagon may soon target their shaving waivers.

Shaving waivers for medical conditions have skyrocketed for Air Force airmen and Space Force Guardians over the past three years, allowing more service members to grow beards, according to service ...

The new face of the military will be one without facial hair, even if that means enduring painful razor bumps. Service members who require a medical shaving waiver for more than one year must be ...

An Army pilot program initiated in April has given a second chance at military service to hundreds of prospective recruits who were previously denied waivers. (Gloriann Martin/Army) A pilot program ...