5 Facts to Keep in Mind When Planning for Your Kids' College As the country grapples with solutions to address the student-loan crisis, it's also a reminder of the importance of planning...
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...
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...
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...
5 Financial Fundamentals to Factor into Your Civilian Job Hunt Here are five fundamental, and evergreen, money considerations related to selecting your next job, career or career path.
5 Ways to Declare Your Financial Independence This Summer Here are five ways to declare your independence from debt, plus financial steps to improve your life, liberty and the pursuit...
How to Read a Military LES Quite literally, it pays to know your way around an LES. Here's our line-by-line guide to making sense of one.
A Military Approach to Managing Your Money Lessons learned in the military can translate into ideas to better manage your money. Taking a few liberties, here are five...
How to Start Saving Money Even if You Think You Can’t Afford It Just follow these steps -- one at a time, please! -- and you’ll discover that the money-saving journey isn’t so bad, even if...
5 Rules to Fight ‘Apocalyptically’ Dangerous Debt Here are five rules to live by, whether you find yourself in an unlikely post-apocalyptic scenario or just trying to cope...
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...
Lessons from the Air Force Kitchen Police: Volunteer for Everything. Even Pots and Pans When Ed Meagher reported to Air Force basic training on June 15, 1966, he was a 19-year-old college dropout. Despite two...
2 US Navy Pilots Shot Down over Red Sea in Apparent 'Friendly Fire' Incident, US Military Says Both pilots were recovered alive after ejecting from their stricken aircraft, with one suffering minor injuries.
How the Marine Corps Is Changing to Keep Talented Marines in the Service For decades, the Marine Corps incurred a "remarkably high turnover rate" among its first-term Marines as it prioritized, and...
Troop Pay Safe After Congress Approves Extension of Government Funding Troop pay is no longer in jeopardy after Congress approved legislation to keep the government funded through mid-March and...