Have Both Short and Long-Term Plans If Not Selecting SBP If you are electing not to enroll in the Survivor Benefit Plan, be sure you have both short-term and long-term plans for...
Retirees, Disabled Vets Get Biggest Raise in 7 Years for 2019 The cost of living increase gives more cash to one in every five Americans.
Military SBP 'Compares Well,' Irking Widows Still Hit by Offset Study says SBP benefits “compare well with those of public and private plans.”
SBP Premiums Will Be Deducted From CRSC Payments If you are paying the premiums yourself DFAS will start automatically withholding them starting May 1
SBP Open Season FAQs SBP open seasons are rare and allow those who previously declined coverage to enroll in the program.
Survivor Benefit Plan Open Season New open enrollment season for retirees who have remarried after death of former spouse.
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...