Active Duty Benefits

Troops whose spouses use the Defense Department's military spouse scholarship program are more likely to stay in the service.

Only about 19 percent of the 1.6 million troops eligible to switch into the DoD's new Blended Retirement System have done so.

Thousands of veterans using the post-9/11 GI Bill could see larger monthly housing allowance payments.

Fake websites lured recruits in, only to try to divert them to enroll in for-profit schools.

3.6M military children, including 200K children of active-duty troops, depend on Medicaid to meet their healthcare needs.

A project to provide common electronic health records for the VA and the DoD has been hit with a $350 million cost overrun.

The days of sitting in a military treatment facility pharmacy waiting area for hours at a time may be over soon.

The DoD likely doesn't need any new policies or programs to make the military move process easier, according to a new report.

The 2.4 percent military pay raise for 2018 went into effect Jan. 1, and the first paychecks will go out Jan. 15.

Retired Guardsmen and reservists will pay more for Tricare enrollment in 2019, while others will see small decreases.