Deployed Troops Could Get More Pay for Family Separation. But the Pentagon Is Dragging Its Feet. The FSA is typically an extra monthly $250 that a service member is paid "to defray a reasonable amount of extra expenses"...
In Reversal, Defense Department Now Wants to Bring Tricare Beneficiaries Back to Military Health System After seven years of reforms that included sending non-active-duty patients to civilian Tricare networks, the Pentagon wants...
Top Enlisted Leaders for Each Service Set to Testify on Quality-of-Life Issues at House Hearing The hearing is the first public meeting of the panel since a September hearing on housing conditions, and for some of the...
Spouse Employment Master Class: The Secret to Happiness? Military spouse employment is a challenge when you move every two or three years with your service member. For many spouses...
The State of Veteran and Spouse Hiring During the COVID-19 Pandemic Hire Heroes USA offers job services for veterans and transitioning military members. It compiles its work in an annual report...
Navy Redesigns Its Pregnancy Policy to Give Sailors More Choice, Career Stability The new policy says that sailors who become pregnant while on sea duty will now be able to choose two-year orders to a shore...
7 Great Freebies for Military and Their Families Some military discounts include products or services you can get for free. Here are 7 examples of those freebies.
Army Investigating War College Child Care Center After Repeated Incidents of Inappropriate Touching The Army's Criminal Investigation Division, or CID, is investigating an incident in which a child was repeatedly touched...
Defense Department Expands ID Card Renewals by Mail to US-Based Retirees, Dependents While in the past the renewed card had to be retrieved in person at a local ID card facility, it will instead be delivered by...
Guilt-Free Flexibility: Do Top Employers Understand What Spouses Really Want? Is your company in the running for our 2024 list of Top Military Spouse Employers? Find out the special characteristics we...
Trump Reportedly Weighs Immediate Discharge of All Transgender Troops. Here's What That Would Mean. The proposed plan, as first reported by the Times of London, would entail signing an order within days of Trump taking office...
The Best Amazon Black Friday Week 2024 Deals for Service Members, Veterans and Their Families America’s favorite shopping holiday isn’t just a single day, or even a weekend, anymore. Here’s how U.S. service members...
Overseas Troops to See Fewer Sweets, More Sweet Potatoes on Their Holiday Tables This Year For some unexplained reason, the Defense Logistics Agency is shipping 800% more sweet potatoes overseas than it did last...
For Soldiers at Fort Carson, Food Is Scarce As Americans gather for Thanksgiving feasts, soldiers at Fort Carson, Colorado, are contending with a far less festive...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
