Amy Bushatz

Amy Bushatz is the former executive editor of Military.com.

A reporter since 2003, Amy Bushatz joined Military.com in 2010 and grew into the role of Executive Editor. As a military spouse, she is passionate about military life issues, and is a devoted subject matter expert on all military benefits. Amy is also a mountain and road runner based in Alaska where she hosts and produces the Humans Outside podcast and spends time adventuring with her family.

Amy is a 2018 recipient of Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States (EANGUS) Patriotism Award and a 2019 graduate of the George W. Bush Institute’s Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program. She holds a master's degree in public leadership from the University of San Francisco.

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Soldier holds a stack of cash. (Photo Credit: C. Todd Lopez/U.S. Army)

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A shopper sizes up her commissary discounts at the Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Commissary. (Photo: Arthur Mondale.)

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FILE -- Cars waiting to be shipped from Germany to America. U.S. personnel stationed overseas can ship vehicles to the United States free of federal tax and duty. (Chelsea Bissell/USAG Bavaria Public Affairs)

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The Snell family with their new 2017 RAV4 SUV, provided by Toyota. The company chose to drop an appeal late last year over whether or not the family’s 2013 RAV4 was covered under Georgia’s lemon law. (Photo: Courtesy of Christina Snell.)

Car-Maker Drops Overseas 'Lemon Law' Case Against Family

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Army Gen. Mark Milley addresses the Congressional Staff Breakfast attended by about 300 military legislative assistants at the 2016 AUSA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Oct. 4, 2016. (U.S. Army National Guard photo/Sgt. 1st Class Jim Greenhill)

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The nursing field has gotten ever tighter, meaning higher-level degrees are helpful in getting jobs.

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Rules remain inconsistent and, in most cases, difficult to navigate, military family experts say.

Kayleigh Norton, Applied Behavior Analysis therapist, reviews animals and colors with six-year-old Carl. (Photo:U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Dennis Sloan)

40 House Lawmakers Ask DoD to Delay Autism Therapy Rate Changes

A group of 40 lawmakers has asked the DoD to delay plans to cut Tricare autism therapy payments by up to 15 percent.

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Female Coasties will be given 12 weeks of maternity leave effective immediately under a new policy announced this week by the...

Prices posted early this week at the Orote commissary on Guam Naval Base, Guam. (Photo courtesy of Mary Moses.)

Guam Commissary Produce Prices Skyrocket after New Contract

Prices for fresh produce at commissaries in Guam have skyrocketed since Nov. 1 when a new contract started requiring the...

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