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About Amanda Miller
Amanda Miller is an editor and writer specializing in coverage of military and veteran pay and benefits, along with other financial topics, for Military.com.
A journalist since the 1990s, she worked in local news in Louisiana, Ohio and Florida. She’s covered the military and aerospace beats nationally and internationally since 2007.
Miller was a finalist for a Dateline Award in feature writing from the Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. She’s worked as an editor or freelance writer for Military Times, Military Officer Magazine, The War Horse, Aerospace America and Air & Space Forces Magazine, among others.
Expertise
- Covering military affairs since 2007
- Military pay and benefits
- Aerospace and defense
- Military financial topics
Professional Roles
- Benefits editor and writer for Military.com
- Longtime editor for Military Times
- Contributor to aerospace and defense industry publications including Air & Space Forces Magazine, Aerospace America, ROOM: Space Journal of Asgardia, The War Horse and Military Officer Magazine
Education
- Holds degrees in English, History and French from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, La.
Achievements
- 2022 Finalist, Dateline Award, Feature Writing, for “Cislunar Space,” Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter, Society of Professional Journalists
![President Barack Obama awards retired Marine Cpl. William "Kyle" Carpenter, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-08/ApNewsroom_Obama.JPEG.jpg?itok=UKIqEhsJ "President Barack Obama awards retired Marine Cpl. William "Kyle" Carpenter, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry, Thursday, June 19, 2014, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)")
