Amanda Miller

Amanda Miller is an editor and writer for Military.com specializing in coverage of military and veteran pay and benefits. She became a journalist in the 1990s, began covering the military in 2007 for Military Times, and has since contributed to a number of military-oriented publications including Military Officer Magazine, The War Horse, and Air & Space Forces Magazine.

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VA Says It Can't Change New Urn, Plaque Benefit that Precludes Future Burials in National Veteran Cemeteries

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Kids are starting to bank at a younger age, according to statistics from USAA. Here's what could be fueling the trend, along...

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The uneven coverage comes after both departments announced the expansions due to a lawsuit claiming their fertility benefits...

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Fertility Benefits for Active-Duty Service Members

More Tricare beneficiaries became eligible for fertility treatments in 2024. Here's who qualifies and what to expect.

(Photo: U.S. Air Force/ Staff Sgt. Natasha Stannard)

Military Child Care

If you're a military parent, you know that finding military child care isn't just important, it's absolutely necessary.

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Privatizing PCS Moves: What You Need to Know As HomeSafe Alliance Takes Over

Here's what's happening with the rollout of the Defense Department's Global Household Goods Contract now and looking ahead.

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Here Are the First 14 Bases to Experience New Privatized Household Goods Moves

In the beginning, only moves picked up and delivered within about 50 miles of the same base will be carried out by HomeSafe...

A prescription drug count is checked on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas.

More Specialty Drugs Cost Less with New Pharmacy's Addition to Tricare Home Delivery

Tricare beneficiaries with prescriptions for specialty drugs can now get more of them at the lower copays of Tricare Home...

A welcome sign stands outside of the Holcomb Gate on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 8, 2008. (Marine Corps)

The Deadline Is Approaching for PACT Act Claims and Lawsuits over Camp Lejeune Water Contamination

The window is closing for veterans, families and others to file administrative claims and lawsuits under the Camp Lejeune...

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Camp Lejeune Water Contamination: VA Benefits for Veterans and Families

Since 2012, the VA has provided disability compensation to service members and health benefits to both service members and...

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Tricare Users Can Now Refill Prescriptions Through MHS Genesis Electronic Health Record System

The new refill option applies only if a military pharmacy originally filled the prescription. Prescriptions originally filled...

Get a Replacement W-2 or 1099-R

If you've lost those important documents the internet can come to the rescue

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Commissaries Begin to Phase Out Single-Use Shopping Bags, Starting in Guam, Hawaii

The stores in Guam and Hawaii likely won't be the last. California, Colorado, New York and Washington are among the other...

Airman reads pamphlets on the Montgomery GI Bill and the Post-9/11 GI Bill at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., on March 10, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Alyssa M. Akers)

GI Bill for Professional Licenses and Certifications

Did you know the VA will pay for professional licensing and certification programs required for work in several fields?

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