DD214: What You Need to Know From healthcare to home loans, education to employment, nearly every veteran benefit starts with one document: Your DD214.
Retirement Savings To-Do Lists for Military Households The key to a successful retirement isn't just saving; it's setting up guaranteed lifetime income so that your essential...
7 Financial Fundamentals for Military Families Let’s take a look at the essential ingredients that make up a well-rounded financial life.
How Military Families Can Manage Debt and Build a Stronger Credit Score Approach debt with caution, respect and a plan, and you'll ensure it works for you -- not against you.
Lawmakers Try Again on Bill to Give 50,000 Medically Retired Veterans Full VA Disability, Retirement Pay The Major Richard Star Act, which has been floated since 2020, has the support of more than 40 veterans' organizations and...
How Military Households Can Avoid Unexpected Costs When Filing Their First Civilian Taxes Here's what military service members can do to reduce the likelihood of unpleasant errors in their first year of filing taxes...
Retired Military Paydays for 2025 Military retiree and annuitant pay day is always on the first business day of the month.
Ask Lacey: How Service Members Can Stick to a Financial Budget Military-life curveballs such as mobilizations, an unplanned permanent change of station or unexpected moving costs make...
How to Keep Your Finances in Check All Year Long By reviewing your finances throughout the year, you can catch problems early, adjust your plans and make sure you're always...
How the Army's Retiring Top Enlisted Soldier Fought to Make Life Better for Troops by Being Open About Himself Michael Grinston, who has been the service's top enlisted leader since 2019, has been a noncommissioned officer since before...
Army Enlisted Academy Bars Students from Writing About Women and Minorities The 10-month Sergeants Major Academy at Fort Bliss, Texas, includes multiple major projects in its curriculum, including two...
Pentagon Turns Focus to Potentially Privatizing Commissaries, Military Exchanges The Pentagon’s newest push to trim its workforce and spending could mean that on-base grocery stores and shops designed to...
Commander of Greenland Base Who Broke with Vance Fired Shortly After Military.com Report Defense officials moved quickly to fire a Space Force commander in charge of a Greenland military base after a Military.com...
A US Navy Captain Ordered a Military Funeral for a Kamikaze Pilot During WWII. Here's Why Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a U.S. naval captain ordered his battleship to hold a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot...
Trump's Unusual Pick for Joint Chiefs Chairman Approved by Senate in Overnight Vote Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, who President Donald Trump plucked out of retirement to replace the Black general he fired as chairman of...