The Military Must Do More to Help Junior Service Members Find and Pay for Child Care In the military, one of the most stressful parts of relocating to a new assignment, second only to finding a home, is...
Sailors Can Finally Use New Family Leave Policy After Weeks of Delays, While Soldiers Still Wait The Navy finally released its formal policy memo outlining new parental leave benefits built into a federal law that went...
5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Buy a Home A mistake in buying a home can jeopardize your financial flexibility and health, and the stakes continue to grow. Ask...
80% of Families Who Filled Out Survey on Red Hill Have Had Health Problems They Blame on the Fuel Spill Surveys conducted by an arm of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found the fuel leak wreaked havoc on physical...
Military Families Stressed by Delay in Parental Leave Rules from the Army, Navy and Marine Corps The services need to issue specific guidance to their formations before the rules can be used by the rank and file.
'Widow's Tax' on Survivors Will Be Completely Gone as of Feb. 1 Benefit Checks The surviving spouses of military retirees who receive income from two separate benefit programs will no longer have their...
State and Federal Agencies to Hold Events for Hawaii Residents on Red Hill Fuel Spills The series is designed to provide information on the federal response to a spill that tainted the drinking water of thousands...
More Than One-Third of Tricare Patients Have Limited or No Access to a Psychiatrist, Study Finds Those stationed or retired in military areas face the largest shortages, according to a new study.
States Must Recognize Military Spouses' Job Licenses After Moves Under New Law Under the law, states must recognize service members and spouses' valid professional licenses from other states for any job...
Pentagon Unveils New Parental Leave Policy After Delay Caused Uncertainty for Troops Both parents are now offered up to 12 weeks of leave after welcoming a new child, as well as any doctor-approved convalescent...
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...
