What to Look for on Your January Leave and Earnings Statement It's important to check your military Leave and Earnings Statement (LES) each month, but the January LES is more important...
Deadline Extended for Tricare Beneficiaries in West Region to Update Payment Info, Keep Health Coverage Some Tricare patients in the West Region, including those in states that joined Jan. 1, have until Jan. 30 to update their...
Your Military Pay Raise for 2025, Plus Veterans Pension and BAH Updates Under the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, troops in the ranks of E-1 through E-4 will see a 14.5% raise next...
What Happens to Military Families After a Loved One's Suicide? When a member of the military community dies by suicide, their neighbors, friends, brothers in arms, and families gather...
Here Are the 89 Highly Skilled Air Force Jobs Eligible for Retention Bonuses in 2025 The 89 career fields on the list eligible for the bonus in fiscal 2025 are a notable increase from the 73 careers for fiscal...
Tricare Patients Fear Losing Preferred Health Care Providers Amid Contract Transition Doctors and patients said they have been caught off guard by the shift from Health Net Federal Services to TriWest Healthcare...
The Ultimate Veteran and MilSpouse-Made Holiday Gift Giving Guide 'Tis the season to be thoughtful! With holiday shopping in full swing, it's the most wonderful time to get ahead on your...
7 Great Freebies for Military and Their Families Some military discounts include products or services you can get for free. Here are 7 examples of those freebies.
Military Households: What Are Your Financial Questions Heading into 2025? As 2025 approaches, along with the potential for junior troops to earn thousands more a year thanks to a likely raise, we...
How to Handle the Holidays Alone Ideally, we would get to spend the holidays with the people we love, but it doesn't always happen that way. Here are some...
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...