VA Funding Fee It can be overwhelming to understand the details of fees involved with a VA home loan. The funding fee is applied to most VA...
Troops Will Start Getting Economic Hardship Bonuses This Month, Though Only $20 on Average Lawmakers on Capitol Hill, concerned that service member pay was not keeping pace with the private sector or inflation...
The 'A-B-C' Path to Credit Card Debt Elimination Go back to the basics -- the A-B-Cs, if you will -- of turning credit-card debt into a piece of your personal history.
When Does Your Veteran Status Expire on the Job Market? Even though the federal government will always count you as a veteran when you apply for a position on USAJOBS, and your...
AAFES to Offer Double Discounts on Back-to-School Shopping Save up to double on your back-to-school savings with participating AAFES locations during tax-free holidays.
SGLI for Reservists Reservists may be covered full or part-time by SGLI. Make sure you know when SGLI starts, when it stops and how much it costs...
10 Hacks for Your Military Family’s PCS Move Not much is certain about military life, but relocation is almost assuredly one of them. Here are a few things you can do to...
5 Ways to Turn Your Finances Around in the Second Half of 2024 These money moves are all-important components of your financial wellness, so clean them up as we move through the second...
Master Class: How Female Veterans Can Land a Job with a 6-Figure Income Faster Female military members do the same work as male military members, but they find a much different outcome on the civilian job...
Disabled Veterans to Congress: Move Out on Stalled Bill to Allow Payment of Both Retirement and Disability Benefits Despite wide bipartisan backing, the Major Richard Star Act has languished for years, increasingly frustrating the veterans...
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...
