2025 Veterans Day Retail Deals and Discounts Businesses are saluting Veterans Day with a host of discounts and freebies for veterans, service members and their families.
2025 Military Travel and Recreation Discounts for Veterans Day We scour the universe for the best military travel and recreation discounts to celebrate veterans and Veterans Day. Find...
Costs for Tricare Are Going Up in 2026 Most Tricare health plan costs for military and retiree households will go up between 2% and 3% in 2026, with some steeper...
Payment-Deferred Commissary Purchases on Military Star Cards Extended Through November The Army and Air Force Exchange Service announced that it was extending its “relief offer” of interest-free commissary...
State Tax Information for Military Members and Retirees What tax benefits does your state offer to military members and retirees? Find out which benefits are available to you.
The Best and Worst Cities for Veterans in 2025 Austin, Orlando and Raleigh are the top three U.S. cities for veterans, thanks not just to jobs and income but to a sense of...
How to Plan for an Extended Government Shutdown Well, it’s finally happened. After years of reporting on what to expect if the government shuts down and military pay is...
32 Reasons Service Members Avoid Leaving the Military In the military, you must make your own ending appear. Even when you want it to happen, even when you are ready, ending your...
The Mysterious Bank Account Senior Enlisted Military Members Don’t Know They Have You are probably richer than you know. If you have served in the U.S. military long enough, you may have a secret bank...
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...
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...