Should You Sell Back Leave or Take Terminal Leave When You Get Out? In the final months of active duty, one of the biggest decisions isn’t about paperwork or moving logistics — it’s whether to...
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Marines As of 1 October 2025, the lapse in appropriations (AKA the “government shutdown”) is already having impacts on Marines and...
What to Do in a Government Shutdown: Don't Panic! Be Proactive Panic seems like the natural response to the prospect of missing a paycheck due to a government shutdown. But a better idea...
Combat Zone Tax Exclusion If you are a military member who serves in a combat zone you can exclude certain pay from your income when figuring your...
Managing PCS Costs: Know Your Benefits One of your biggest relocation challenges is managing the cost of your move.
Military Per Diem Rates Military per diem rates cover military-related travel expenses. The per diem rate sets the limit to how much service members...
CRDP Gives You Military Retirement and Disability Pay at the Same Time A veteran placed on a disability retirement, who would be eligible for military retired pay in the absence of the disability...
What Are CRSC and CRDP, and How Do You Get Them? Among other differences, Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC) is a non-taxable, application-based program. The ability...
Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC) FAQs CRSC allows eligible military retirees to recover some or all of their retired pay that was offset by their VA disability...
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration from Sending National Guard Troops to Oregon A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon at all, after...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Veterans, Who Saw One of Their Own Arrested by ICE and Charged, Say Feds Are Undermining Democracy Days after a 70-year-old Air Force veteran was among five people charged while protesting outside a suburban U.S. Immigration...
As Hegseth Orders Changes to the Pentagon Watchdog, Advocates Say It Will Silence Complaints Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accused the independent watchdog for the Pentagon of being “weaponized” and says he’s...
