Conferees Urged to Reject Senate-Passed TRICARE Fee Increases The Military Coalition is urging House-Senate conferees to reject Senate-passed language that would impose higher TRICARE...
Blended Retirement's Lump Sum Feature Enticing But Is It Fair? Those who opt into the new Blended Retirement System (BRS) will face a decision on retired pay so unusual that the DoD has...
Personnel Chiefs Worry Over Deployment Pace, New Blended Retirement DoD personnel chiefs are worried about too frequent deployments, erratic budget practices, and the new Blended Retirement...
'Chained CPI' Shaves Tax Breaks. Will Your Retired Pay Be Next? The “chained” Consumer Price Index will dampen future adjustments to federal tax brackets and standard deductions, some fear...
Blended Retirement System for Reserve Members Reservist? The Blended Retirement System may be a good choice for you.
Coast Guard Offering Webinars to Explain Thrift Savings Plan Seven scheduled webinars will explain the Thrift Savings Plan in detail
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
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...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
