A Key Survivor Benefit Plan Deadline Was Moved Up. Here’s What You Need to Know The deadline to enroll in the military's Survivor Benefit Plan during this year's open season has just shortened --...
Build Financial Guardrails to Keep Problematic Spending in Check Financial guardrails are a lot like the envelope method of budgeting -- dividing up literal cash into various envelopes...
Because of IRS Change, SBP Beneficiaries Need to Check Their Tax Withholding A major IRS update became effective for 2023, and as a result, annuitants are reporting that their Survivor Benefit Plan...
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Survivor Benefit Plan or Term Life Insurance? Here's why term life insurance may not be a better option than the military's Survivor Benefit Plan.
Faced with the Survivor Benefit Plan Decision? 5 Things to Know If you need to decide whether to opt in to the Survivor Benefit Plan, here are five factors to consider.
Special Survivor Indemnity Allowance (SSIA) Surviving spouses whose SBP have been offset as a result of receiving DIC are eligible for a Special Allowance.
5 Signs SBP Open Season Could Make Sense for You Here are five financial red flags that should have you considering the Survivor Benefit Plan open season.
VA Plans Outreach to Screen 3 Million More Veterans for Toxic Exposures The PACT Act requires the VA to attempt to screen all veterans enrolled in VA health care; to date, 4.8 million veterans have...
DoDEA America's Chief of Staff Arrested in Human Trafficking Sting Operation in Georgia Stephen Hovanic, 64, of Sharpsburg, Georgia, was arrested Nov. 15 in a sting that netted 25 additional suspects on charges...
Pentagon's AI Initiatives Accelerate Hard Decisions on Lethal Autonomous Weapons The Pentagon is intent on fielding multiple thousands of relatively inexpensive, expendable AI-enabled autonomous vehicles by...
Marines in Dress Blues Who Brawled with Civilians in Texas Bar District Not Facing Punishment Video posted on YouTube shows a confrontation that quickly escalated between a group of men and the uniformed Marines among...
Trump Hints at Expanded Role for the Military Within the US. A Legacy Law Gives Him Few Guardrails Experts in constitutional law and the military say the Insurrection Act gives presidents tremendous power with few restraints...