Will a Federal Fix for Complex License Rules Help Combat Military Spouse Unemployment? Without the ability to transfer licenses across states, military spouses aren't able to take advantage of the hard work they...
Should Military Families Be Forced to Embrace the Suck? Unfortunately, resilience is not something that the military family community can opt out of.
The Mental Burden of Using Military Benefits For those who have to line up specialty or mental health care, the back and forth can become a full-time job. But is the...
Why Military Life Is Worth It Research shows that military spouses who feel a sense of belonging within the military community have a greater sense of...
How Are Male Military Spouses Really Doing? As of 2022, 9.7% of all military spouses are male. There's sizable variation based on branch of service: Just 3.8% of Marine...
The Cost of Medical Stigmas for Military Families Decades of help-discouraging behavior and outdated medical policies have fueled a pervasive stigma that impacts military...
Have Military Spouses Removed Barriers That Prevented Them from Working Overseas? The National Military Spouse Network, or NMSN, advocates for improvements to military spouse employment opportunities...
How Timely Orders Can Make or Break a Military Experience When orders do not arrive with enough lead time to schedule a move with a transportation office, many families are forced to...
Stories Worth Telling Like other underrepresented populations, military spouse history is largely an oral history, in which stories, if not...
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Marines Suffer Most Cases of 2 Life-Threatening Conditions Related to Exercise and Heat, Report Finds The April issue of the Defense Department's Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, published last week, was focused entirely on...
Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops The recommendation from the House Armed Services Committee in its draft version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or...
Army Eliminates Online Training Requirement for Noncommissioned Officers, Saying It's Too Burdensome The Army has eliminated a significant part of its online training for enlisted troops -- a learning program that has drawn...
Wide-Ranging Veterans Bill Gets Agreement Between House and Senate The Department of Veterans Affairs caregiver program, the beleaguered electronic health records program, veteran homelessness...