Post-9/11 GI Bill Transferability Update Questions Answered A Pentagon update to a policy that lets troops transfer their Post-9/11 GI Bill to a family member has sparked a lot of...
Conferees Urged to Reject Senate-Passed TRICARE Fee Increases The Military Coalition is urging House-Senate conferees to reject Senate-passed language that would impose higher TRICARE...
Army Guard Gets Tuition Assistance Boost Army Guard troops are about to get quicker access to Tuition Assistance money.
Congress, DoD Step Toward Expanding Access to Commissaries, Exchanges The House version of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (FY2019 NDAA) includes a provision to allow more veterans...
VA Spouse, Family Education Money Changes Hit Soon The monthly stipend for the Dependents' Educational Assistance Program (DEA) is about to go up, while the overall total goes...
An Interesting News Week for Veterans There were four notable news developments for military veterans in Washington DC this past week, potentially impacting...
How to Use the Yellow Ribbon Tuition Program at Top Universities The Yellow Ribbon program can help veterans afford tuition at top, private universities.
State Tuition Assistance Approved for Oregon National Guard Members Oregon joins many other states in offering education benefits to its Guard members
Most Tricare Fees Could Change Again in January Out of pockets fees could go up or down under the plan highlighted in a new Tricare policy update.
Tricare Change Woes? Take This Survey This survey will help advocates share problems seen by Tricare users.
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...
