Your Year-End Financial Action Plan, Part I: Setting the Stage A year-end financial review, when done right, acts as a recalibration for the goals that matter most to you and your family.
Should You Borrow from Your TSP Account? Financial experts don’t recommend taking out loans against retirement accounts such as the military’s Thrift Savings Plan...
Marine Corps Says it Will Reimburse Nursing Mothers Up to $1,000 for Shipping Breast Milk During Moves The Marine Corps will reimburse its troops up to $1,000 for shipping breast milk during a permanent change of station move...
How Are Foreign-Born Military Spouses Doing? Being a military spouse is challenging, and for foreign-born spouses, there are even more stressors to keeping a family...
Why Thanksgiving Is the Perfect Time for Important Financial Conversations in Your Military Family In military families, where change is constant and the future is sometimes uncertain, Thanksgiving offers a rare and valuable...
Tricare Changes are Coming in 2025. Here’s What Beneficiaries Need to Know Right Now Tricare beneficiaries need to be aware of changes taking place in both the East and West regions and may need to take action...
Basic Needs Allowance Overview The Basic Needs Allowance can potentially add hundreds of dollars to the paycheck of a military member with a family whose...
When Is a Good Time to Change Your Thrift Savings Plan Investments? If an investor is feeling a lot of stress regarding their investments, that could indicate that it’s time to reevaluate their...
Rural Veterans Are Struggling with Access to VA-Provided Care About a quarter of the nation's 19 million veterans live in Census-defined rural areas, according to the VA.
The Army Needs Hundreds of Officers to Leave Combat Arms Lieutenants currently branched in armor, infantry, combat engineer and field artillery can apply between Jan. 7 and Feb. 17...
For Soldiers at Fort Carson, Food Is Scarce As Americans gather for Thanksgiving feasts, soldiers at Fort Carson, Colorado, are contending with a far less festive...
Marine Corps Brings in Civilians to Tackle Barracks Management, Repairs in Decades-Old Housing The Marine Corps is expanding its plan to put civilians in its barracks manager program, a move intended to improve decades...
Air Force's New Deployment Model Sparks Criticism, Staffing Concerns at Bases Some Air Force officials are concerned by the service's innovative deployment model, a new government watchdog report...
Family of Airman Killed in Japan Osprey Crash Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Scrutiny of the military's Osprey aircraft is ramping up as family members of an Air Force special operations airman who was...
