Housing Allowance Shouldn't Stop Hungry Troops from Getting Food Stamps, Senators Say A bill pending in Congress would exclude the military's BAH from income calculations used to determine eligibility for the...
Troops Needing Abortions Will Get Travel Allowances and Leave, Pentagon Says Service members will also be able to request an "administrative absence" from their duty stations if they need time off for...
More Same-Sex Couples Eligible for Survivor Benefits After VA Policy Change Same-sex spouses who were in long-term relationships with a veteran but were not legally able to marry before 2015 may now...
Voting Shouldn't Be Harder Just Because Military Spouses Aren't 'in Foxholes' "The state of Michigan's deliberate refusal to extend equal voting privileges to Michigan military families stationed...
Military Benefits You Don’t Want to Miss There’s more to the military than honor and skill building. Learn about benefits that can help you get ahead.
Military Families Should Be Able to Transfer Professional Licenses Across State Lines, New Survey Finds Professional licenses are required by states for a variety of careers and services, including cosmetology, nursing and...
Can't Get into Crowded National Parks? Lawmakers Want Spots Saved for Troops and Vets Last year, Congress passed a law that gives veterans and Gold Star families free lifetime passes to National Parks and free...
A New Benefit for Hungry Troops Is at Risk of Failure Before It Even Starts Will the nontaxable housing allowances, which can be thousands of dollars and are calculated by location, be considered...
New Basic Needs Allowance for Military Families Begins in 2023 The new pay is designed to help military families cope during tough economic times .
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...
