White House Funding Freeze Stokes Uncertainty for Military Families as Raft of Programs Under Review An announcement late Monday from the Office of Management and Budget panicked military family members who feared losing...
Military Families Report No-Shows, Delays Amid Rollout of New Household Goods Shipment System Military families are already reporting delays and cancellations while trying to arrange household goods moves under the...
Ask Lacey: Does Paying Off Debt or Investing for the Future Take Priority? It’s usually better to eliminate your debt, or at least reduce it, before investing in long-term savings such as your IRA.
What to Do (and What Not to Do) with Your Pay Raise Here's what to do -- and what not to do -- to ensure your pay raise sets you up for financial success.
Problems with Tricare Contract Transition 'Actively Harming' Military, Lawmaker Tells Pentagon Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Wash., represents military health beneficiaries near and on Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
State of Legal Residence vs. Home of Record When talking with military families about taxes, residences and driver's licenses, one thing keeps coming up: the misuse of...
Military Families Need the Same Legal Protections as Service Members Although many states offer legal protections that could theoretically prevent discrimination on the basis of marital status -...
Tricare West Region Beneficiaries Get Another Chance to Update Payment Information The second extension was made to ensure that beneficiaries who have been unable to update their payment information can do so...
More Money, Less Debt: New Study Reveals Military Households' Financial Trajectory Since 2019 While many military families appear to be doing better than their civilian counterparts financially, they still face...
Troop Pay Is Competitive with Civilian Workers, Pentagon Finds in Quadrennial Review The Quadrenial Review of Military Compensation was unveiled and reported that "the department's compensation package is...
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...