The Basics of Administrative Separation: Can You Be Fired from the Military? Military members who are not fit to serve may be faced with involuntary separation from their branch through a process called...
How to Fight an ROTC Disenrollment No cadet or midshipmen joins the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) with the thought that they will face disenrollment...
Failed Drug Test? Here's How to Protect Your Military Career If you are in the military, there is no doubt you have heard the term "zero tolerance" when it comes to the topic of drugs.
What You Need to Know About Winning a VA Medical Malpractice Claim When a veteran receives poor medical treatment at a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital or medical facility, they...
How to Upgrade Your Military Discharge and Obtain VA Benefits A prior service member, regardless of the classification of service or the nature of their discharge, never should give up...
Predeployment Checklist There seems to be no consistency in the military regarding predeployment checklists. While some units take this task very...
Inspectors' General If you need advice on where to go or who to see about a possible sexual harrassment or discrimination complaint, then you...
Letter of Instruction A "Letter of Instruction" may be made to go along with your will to dictate how your assets will be distributed and to pass...
Guardianship A very special power of attorney can give a person you designate the power to assume guardianship of your dependents in your...
Preparing Legal Documents Ahead of a Deployment It's difficult to drop everything and leave for deployment, particularly if you're involved with a complicated legal case, or...
The Army Has Officially Deployed Laser Weapons Overseas to Combat Enemy Drones A pair of laser weapons has been deployed by the Army to an undisclosed location overseas to blast incoming enemy drones out...
Fired After 6 Months: Army Sacks Commander of Germany Unit Meant to Bolster NATO Against Russia Lt. Col. Eric Ackles, commander of 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, was relieved of command, the service...
Toxic Exposure Screenings: Vets Report Spotty Follow-Up on Questionnaire Meant to Boost Health Care and Benefits Rolled out with great fanfare in November 2022, toxic exposure screenings for all VA patients were mandated by the PACT Act...
Feds Settle Case for $2 Million After Skydiving Plane Took Out Marine Corps Osprey on Runway Nearly four years after a civilian skydiving aircraft collided with a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey sitting on a San Diego runway...
Reports of Mediocre Disability Exams by VA Contractors Prompts Senator's Demand for Answers A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized...