Bill Allowing Disabled Veterans to Collect Full Benefits Gets New Push from Supporters on Capitol Hill The Major Richard Star Act would ensure all service members who medically retire have full access to both military retirement...
Air Force Guard and Reserve Members Can Now Check Retirement Status Online You can track the status of your application from your phone or computer without having to call.
New Employer Tax Credit Helps Military Spouses Get 401(k) Retirement Benefits The Secure 2.0 Act provided the new credit to incentivize employers to quickly enroll and vest spouses in the plans.
5 Ways to Spend Your 2024 Income Tax Refund Are you like most American tax-filers and about to receive a tax refund? Last year, the IRS reported that more than 60% of...
Is Employer-Provided Life Insurance Good Enough? If most, or all, of your life insurance is tied to your employment, here are five questions you should ask yourself.
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...
4 Tips to Make 2024 a Financial Success Story Here are a few small, but critical, moves you could make in 2024 to set the stage for success.
New Rules for Rolling Over a 529 College Savings Plan to a Roth IRA A new law creates a potential synergy between two tax-advantaged savings heavyweights: the 529 college savings plan and the...
5 Ways to Prep Your Military Finances for 2024 Annual increases in pays and allowances give military service members the opportunity to do a financial reset every year...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...
Camp Pendleton Officer, Wife Sue Military Housing Company over Crash That Killed 8-Year-Old Son A Marine Corps family whose 8-year-old son died last year after he was struck by a vehicle while riding his bicycle on Camp...
Coast Guard to Launch Service-Wide Physical Fitness Test for All Members Next Year Coast Guard men and women must take a preliminary assessment by the end of this year and a mandatory PFT starting in 2026.
How the Men on a Navy Submarine Survived After Sinking 240 Feet in the Atlantic Trapped 240 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, Lt. Oliver Naquin could not ensure the crew of the USS Squalus...
Rubio Says US Is Designating 2 More Gangs as Foreign Terrorist Groups The two new designees, Los Lobos and Los Choneros, are Ecuadorian gangs blamed for much of the violence that began since the...