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 --...
How to Reduce Capital Gains Tax on a House You Sell After Less Than 2 Years You may be eligible for a partial exclusion of capital gains tax if your employer transfers you to a new location that is at...
What Military Families Need to Know About a Government Shutdown What should you do if there's a government shutdown? Some of the best advice for military families, in every situation, is to...
What to Do in a Government Shutdown: Don't Panic! Be Proactive Panic seems like the natural response to the prospect of missing a paycheck due to a government shutdown. But a better idea...
5 Reasons to Buy an Annuity (It's Retirement Income You Can't Outlive) Guaranteed monthly retirement income was more important than a particular dollar amount to most respondents in a USAA survey...
5 Soldiers Wounded in Mass Shooting at Fort Stewart in Georgia Five soldiers were wounded Wednesday morning in a shooting at Fort Stewart in Georgia, one of the highest-profile Army...
VA to Give Veterans One-Year Authorizations to Seek Care from Private Providers in 30 Specialties The move allows veterans to get 12 months of private treatment without having to request a reauthorization.
Air Force Investigating After Security Forces Kill Civilian Who Crashed into Arizona Base Gate An airman from the base's Security Forces Squadron "shot and fatally injured" the civilian after several of the troops used...
Broken Altimeter, Ignored Warnings: Hearings Reveal What Went Wrong in DC Crash that Killed 67 Over three days of sometimes contentious hearings this week, the National Transportation Safety Board interrogated Federal...
Senators Seek Answers on Hawaii Veteran Ordered to Self-Deport U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut have sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem...