Lack of Child Care, Long Unemployment Are Keeping Military Spouses Out of Workforce, Survey Finds Unemployment for spouses of active-duty members has remained at 20% for the last two years.
Air Force and Space Force Will Allow Couples More Time to Decide If They Want to Leave Service After Becoming Parents As of March 1, each parent now will have up to 12 months to request separation after a birth or adoption.
More than a Thousand Military Families in Hawaii Stuck in Hotels Through the Holidays More than 1,600 military families will spend the holidays in hotels, while an additional 2,200 can't drink the water in their...
Military Families File Lawsuit over Water Contamination in Hawaii The plaintiffs are suing the private companies that manage base housing, instead of the Navy, which manages the water system.
Sailors, Marines to Get an Extra Week of Leave to Welcome New Baby The sea services announced that members will be authorized 21 days for secondary caregiver leave, bringing the benefit in...
Change That Would Simplify Transferring GI Bill Benefits to Spouses, Children Gains Foothold in Congress The bill would eliminate a field on forms service members must fill out to transfer their benefits that is the "cause of many...
Commissaries Eye Grocery Delivery to Homes Near 8 Military Installations A spokesman declined to say when the pilot would start, but a contract solicitation indicates it could be within a year.
Navy and Marine Corps Starting to Inspect All Privatized Military Housing The fiscal 2020 defense bill requires the services to have independent inspectors examine military housing for health and...
'Unwavering, Staggering' Military Spouse Unemployment Could Change After Pandemic With the increase in remote work, spouses found stability and opportunities they hadn't seen before.
Lawmakers Want the Pentagon to Waive Tricare Copays on Birth Control Services The effort, sponsored by California Democrat Rep. Jackie Speier, would further align the Tricare health program with the...
Caregivers Sue VA over Denial of Benefits Survivors of veterans who died from service-connected conditions have filed a class action seeking changes to a VA practice...
Marine Corps Ranks: A Complete Guide to Enlisted and Officer Ranks Explore U.S. Marine Corps ranks from private to general. Learn rank structure, pay grades, insignia and promotion paths in...
Homeowners Say the Army Corps and its Contractors Mishandled LA Fire Debris Cleanup More than 800 complaints were submitted to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hotline dedicated to the agency's debris removal...
Japan Marks End of World War II as Survivors Remember Wartime Emperor's Surrender Speech 80 Years Ago A national ceremony will begin at Tokyo’s Budokan hall at noon, the same time then-Emperor Hirohito’s 4½-minute prerecorded...
Flights Restricted over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Ahead of Trump-Putin Summit North American Aerospace Defense Command issued a statement saying it would be enforcing Federal Aviation Administration...