Next Step for Incentive Pay Boost for Guardsmen and Reservists Coming in 'Weeks,' Defense Official Vows At issue are 18 categories of incentive pay used to attract recruits or retain service members with specific skills or...
Stretch Your VA College Benefits by Getting to Know This Person Your college's school certifying official can answer your benefits questions and make sure you're not missing anything...
Opt Out or Pay: All Troops to Automatically Get Life Insurance March 1 Military members who don't want Servicemembers Group Life Insurance coverage will have to opt out, or they'll be charged...
DoD Still Hasn't Released a Form Needed for Retirees’ One-Time Chance to Change SBP The Defense Department said it would provide Survivor Benefit Plan open enrollment forms by February, but the forms still are...
Veterans' Emergency Room Bills Could Get Repaid by VA Thanks to Change VA medical patients who have gone to a non-VA emergency room since 2010 can get their out-of-pocket coinsurance costs...
Army Urges Soldiers to Check Their Records in New HR System After String of Glitches Fewer than half who now have access to the program have taken a look at their data, officials said.
Let's Stop Pretending: What Makes Me Crazy About Veteran Employment Veterans see a lot of crazy beliefs when it comes to the job hunt. Understanding the way the civilian world really works can...
Veterans: What's Taxed and What's Not on Your Federal and State Returns Here's what veterans can expect on their taxes when it comes to service-related pay.
5 Steps to Less Financial Stress for Military Families A financial plan that ties together daily budgeting, short- and long-term savings, investments, insurance and estate planning...
What to Consider With Increase in Servicemembers Group Life Insurance Effective March 1, 2023, the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance maximum benefit increases from $400,000 to $500,000.
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...