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8 Hacks for First-Time Homeowners Buying a home is both exciting and challenging, but you can make the experience smoother with the right strategies. Here are...
4 Bad Excuses to Opt Out of the Military's Thrift Savings Plan Here are four themes driving service members' decision not to contribute to the military's Thrift Savings Plan and why I...
Veterans Jobless Rate Drops Sharply Amid Unexpected September Hiring Blitz The unemployment rate for the generation of veterans who served after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks fell by a full...
How the Fed's Interest Rate Cut Could Affect Military Families From deployments to frequent moves and everything in between, the military experience doesn't always directly match the...
Annual Cost-of-Living Boost for Veterans Benefits Finalized by Congress The increase applies to disability benefits, clothing allowances, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving...
Army Delays Bonus Pay for Deployed Soldiers The pay bump was due to begin next Tuesday, but Army officials said that all the details of the bonus had never been sorted...
Here Is the 2025 Pay Raise for Disabled Veterans and Military Retirees Military retirees and disabled veterans will receive 2.5% increases to their monthly paychecks for 2025, thanks to the annual...
Army Says Soldiers Should Avoid Poppy Seeds in Updated Regulation over Drug-Testing Concerns While poppy seeds are often an ingredient in baked goods and pastries, they also -- depending on how they are harvested and...
'Like Freeing a Ghost': A Sailor's Strange and Wondrous Journey Back from Pearl Harbor Some service members killed aboard the Oklahoma were identified, but most, like Titterington, were laid in mass graves...
Military Board Substantiates Misconduct But Declines to Fire Marine Who Adopted Afghan Orphan A U.S. Marine whose adoption of an Afghan war orphan has spurred a yearslong legal battle and raised alarms at the highest...
The Tactical Knife that Saved a Medal of Honor Recipient’s Life During Intense Hand-to-Hand Combat in Iraq Army Staff Sgt. David Bellavia received the Medal of Honor in recognition of his heroic actions during the Second Battle of...
Marine Corps Unveils Retention Bonuses, Suspends ‘Broken Service’ Bonus Program for Upcoming Year Marines reenlisting between now and the end of September 2025 are eligible to receive the bonuses, but all the cash awards...
National Guard Members Deliver Essential Supplies to Remote Mountain Communities Cut off by Helene As the Black Hawk helicopter slowly descends in Ramseytown, North Carolina, a plume of sand kicks up. When the...
Turkey Sends Military Convoy to Evacuate Its Citizens From Lebanon, Deliver Aid Turkey has deployed two navy ships to evacuate its citizens from Lebanon amid rising tensions in the region. (Oct...
Israel Military Displays Remnants of Intercepted Iranian Missile Israel displayed Wednesday one of the Iranian missiles it intercepted during the Oct. 1 attack that saw Iran launch...
North Korea's Kim Warns He Could Use Nuclear Weapons Against South Korea and US North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned again that he could use nuclear weapons in potential conflicts with South...
Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...
Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...
They Stood Sentry over America's Nuclear Missile Arsenal. Many Worry It Gave Them Cancer. For years, it was an open secret among missileers that the Cold War-era missile alert facilities and launch control centers...
They Stood Sentry over America's Nuclear Missile Arsenal. Many Worry It Gave Them Cancer. For years, it was an open secret among missileers that the Cold War-era missile alert facilities and launch control centers...
Ex-US Army Soldier Asks for Maximum 40 Years in Prison But Gets a 14-Year Term for IS Plot Cole Bridges was sentenced Friday after a nearly five-hour Manhattan federal court proceeding in which Bridges, a prosecutor...
Army Veteran Found Guilty in Wife's 2021 Strangulation Jurors deliberated less than three hours before finding Lee Cuellar guilty of first-degree murder for strangling his wife in...
Investigation of SEALs Drowning Also Uncovers Allegations of Performance-Enhancing Drug Use, Secret Surgery The Navy investigation stressed that "the allegations raised in the complaint were not root causes" of the decision to...
New Zealand Navy Ship Didn't Sink Because Captain Was a Woman, 'Appalled' Defense Minister Says New Zealand's defense minister issued stinging rebukes of what she said were “vile” and “misogynistic” online remarks by...
Commander of Army's Explosive Ordnance Disposal School Was Fired in July Lt. Col. David Alexander was relieved "due to a loss of trust and confidence in his leadership ability," a spokesperson for...
Prep Courses, Policy Tweaks Largely Drove the Military's Recruiting Success in 2024 Despite the wins this year, between ambitious goals for 2025 and deeper issues relating to Generation Z, the services may not...
Troops at Colorado Space Force Base Will Have to Bring Their Own To-Go Boxes for Dining Hall While the initiative is aimed at reducing waste on base, the spokesperson added that they hope it will give troops on base...
Space Force Colonel Becomes First Guardian to Launch into Space on NASA Mission Col. Nick Hague, a Space Force Guardian and NASA astronaut, launched Saturday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in...
Hawaii Marine Detained After Dependent Death Still Not Charged More than a Month Later The dependent died on Sept. 1 aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, or MCBH, and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service began an...
Marine Corps Unveils Retention Bonuses, Suspends ‘Broken Service’ Bonus Program for Upcoming Year Marines reenlisting between now and the end of September 2025 are eligible to receive the bonuses, but all the cash awards...
US Coast Guard Rescues Man Hanging on Cooler off Florida Coast The man, named only as captain Dave, was taken to hospital for medical care, said the Coast Guard, which also released...
Investment Payoff: Coast Guard Meets Recruiting Goals for First Time in 6 Years An aggressive marketing campaign and investments in personnel and recruiting stations helped the service meet its goals in...