5 Financial Strategies to Beat the Joneses You've probably heard the old saying, "Don't try to keep up with the Joneses." However, there can be a place for that type of...
5 Financial Skills to Help Navigate the Holiday Season Happy holidays. Use these skills to safely navigate the season.
Tricare Costs Are Going Up Again in 2024 Military families and retirees will pay more for Tricare in 2024, with modest increases generally amounting to about 3%.
Military Hunger: New Study Shows 1 in 8 Military Families Turned to Food Banks During the Pandemic Overall, data from 2020 and 2021 shows that more than 280,000 active-duty service members -- 24% of the military -- reported...
What You Need to Know About Navy Federal's Takeover of Community Bank While the takeover by Navy Federal of the Defense Department's Community Bank should have no direct impact on services...
6 Do's and Don'ts of Improving Your Credit Score If you make the right moves, you should be able to make a positive impact on your credit score, no matter how or where it's...
Frightening Finances 2023: How Much to Save and How to Get Ahead of Retirement Halloween is just around the corner, so here is the second installment of this year’s foray into scary economic statistics.
Overseas Cost-of-Living Cuts Are About to Take a Bite Out of Paychecks. Some Bases Are Already Warning Troops. Cuts to service members' overseas cost-of-living allowances are coming, and some areas are starting to warn troops about the...
Frightening Finances 2023: Job Hunting, Credit-Card Balances and More It's time for another of my annual forays into frightening figures from the world of personal finances.
A Key Survivor Benefit Plan Deadline Was Moved Up. Here’s What You Need to Know The deadline to enroll in the military's Survivor Benefit Plan during this year's open season has just shortened --...
Military Moves Ships, Aircraft to Middle East as Senator Seeks to Stop US Action Against Iran The U.S. military has moved additional ships and tanker aircraft into the Middle East and hurried a carrier to the region...
‘They’re Taking Shirly’: An Army Sergeant Thought His Family Was Safe. Then, ICE Deported His Wife. For tens of thousands of U.S. service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from...
Air Force's Bunker-Buster Bomb Could Take Out Iran Nuclear Facility, But Israel Hints at Other Options The Israeli campaign to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons will be considered a failure if the centrifuges deep...
The Army Parade Was Marked by Quiet Crowds, Trump-Linked Sponsors. But Soldiers Kept Politics at Bay. Despite the mixed feelings, the Army birthday parade was also an overdue opportunity to engage with the public and highlight...
Supreme Court Rules Unanimously Against Time Limits on Combat-Related Disability Pay Attorneys for a class-action suit representing 9,000 veterans argued that a legal interpretation limiting retroactive Combat...
