DoD's Failure to Standardize Exceptional Family Member Program Leaves Gaps in Services, Watchdog Finds Since 2012, government watchdogs have made recommendations to improve the program, but the DoD has not fully implemented...
Frustration and Questions Swirl for Family of Soldier Who Ran into North Korea In the days leading up to his sudden flight to North Korea, King, 23, had just been released from a South Korean prison and...
Space Command Pick Gave Military Families an Answer, But Worries of a Continuing Fight Persist But caught in the middle of the floor speeches, government investigations and heated discussion are military families.
DoD to Launch Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts in November The benefit is designed to encourage service members to budget for child care expenses while putting more money in their...
What Survivors of Veterans Need to Know About the PACT Act The PACT Act linked medical conditions with certain toxins common during some eras or circumstances of military service. Here...
How Much Life Insurance Do Military Families Need? 5 Questions Answered Here are answers to several of the most common questions I have received about life insurance from military members over the...
New Commissary Chief Eyes Store Improvements, Expansion of Delivery Services Getting the word out on shopping eligibility is one of the ways Defense Commissary Agency Director John Hall plans to draw...
'Truly Very Sorry': Family of Fallen Marine Apologizes After Congressman Claims Pentagon Charged Them for Remains Transfer Honoring Our Fallen, a nonprofit that supports families of deceased service members, paid for Marine Sgt. Nicole Gee's...
Why Now Is (Really) the Time to Apply for VA Benefits When I retired from the Army Reserve, the last thing on my mind was applying for VA health care and benefits. As a financial...
Military Spouses Deliver Petition Calling for End to Tuberville Blockade on Senior Officer Promotions The spouses, organized by advocacy group the Secure Families Initiative, delivered a petition signed by more than 550...
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...