Retirees to Get a Second Chance to Enroll In or Opt Out of the Survivor Benefit Plan Military retirees who opted out of the Survivor Benefit Plan will get a rare second chance to enroll.
Tricare Dental Program to Expand Choice of Carriers Under New Law Tricare Dental Program users will get to choose from up to four insurance carriers under new rules to be in place by 2026.
More Than a Million Tricare Users Must Switch Managers After Massive Contract Decision Tricare beneficiaries in the West Region will get a new managed care contractor in 2024 under a major contract award to...
Applications Are Now Open for the DoD's Paid Private Fellowship Program for Military Spouses The fellowship aims to place "career-ready spouses with civilian employers for 12 weeks of professional training, networking...
Cuts to Stateside Cost of Living Allowances Coming for Service Members as Other Pays Go Up Next year about 1,000 fewer troops will be getting an allowance intended to help them live in expensive parts of America, the...
COLA Reinstated for Service Members in Japan for the First Time in Months The latest change comes amid rapid currency fluctuations that led to the halting of the payments.
Billions Set Aside to Improve Military Housing in Government Spending Package Headed to Biden's Desk Mold, which is known to cause several health issues including breathing problems and skin infections, has been plaguing...
5 Ways to Cope With Grief This Holiday Season The thought of enduring the five weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year's without our loved one can be unbearable.
Pentagon Isn't Tracking Whether Privatized Housing Is Sickening Families, Watchdog Finds An internal Pentagon inspector general report released Dec. 9 estimated that less than .03% of the department's 211,826...
More than Half a Million Troops, Families, Exposed to 'Forever Chemicals,' Watchdog Group Says An internal DoD report published said roughly 175,000 people were affected each year, but an advocacy group says the number...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...
Camp Pendleton Officer, Wife Sue Military Housing Company over Crash That Killed 8-Year-Old Son A Marine Corps family whose 8-year-old son died last year after he was struck by a vehicle while riding his bicycle on Camp...
Coast Guard to Launch Service-Wide Physical Fitness Test for All Members Next Year Coast Guard men and women must take a preliminary assessment by the end of this year and a mandatory PFT starting in 2026.
How the Men on a Navy Submarine Survived After Sinking 240 Feet in the Atlantic Trapped 240 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, Lt. Oliver Naquin could not ensure the crew of the USS Squalus...
Rubio Says US Is Designating 2 More Gangs as Foreign Terrorist Groups The two new designees, Los Lobos and Los Choneros, are Ecuadorian gangs blamed for much of the violence that began since the...
