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...
Build Financial Guardrails to Keep Problematic Spending in Check Financial guardrails are a lot like the envelope method of budgeting -- dividing up literal cash into various envelopes...
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.
Army National Guard Halts Payments for Soldier Student Loans After Funding Snafu The issue is isolated within the Student Loan Repayment Program, or SLRP -- one of the key incentives for joining the part...
Operation Homefront Gives Recently Discharged Vets a Chance at Owning a Home The nonprofit's Transitional Homes for Veterans program gives veterans the financial boost and fiduciary savvy they need to...
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...
3 Ways Military Service Members Can Take Advantage of an IRA Individual retirement accounts involve special considerations if you are a military member. Here are three things to know. As...
Top 10 Summer Tricks for a Slothful Military Transition Summer is a surprisingly good time of year to do the kind of nonwork that truly moves your military transition and job hunt...
Marine Aviator Describes Historic F-35 Combat Sortie in Mission Against Yemen's Houthis After Maj. Zachary Sessa launched his F-35C Lightning II's payload at Houthi weapons storage facilities in Yemen last year...
White House Says Trump’s Proposal to Rename Veterans Day Has Been Scrapped The White House has backed off President Donald Trump’s stunning social media proposal to change the name of Veterans Day to...
Hegseth Works Hard to Portray Himself as a Man of the Troops. They Might Not Be Buying It. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and National Guardsman, has attempted to reframe the role of the...
Gen. Allvin Outlines Air Force Moves to 'Revive Our Warrior Ethos and Rebuild Our Military' Gen. David Allvin, the chief of staff, said the service has already signed up and enlisted 74% of the people it set for its...
Military's 4-Star Officers to Be Reduced by 20% or More Under New Order by Hegseth In a memo released Monday, Hegseth argued that senior leaders should be "unencumbered by unnecessary bureaucratic layers that...
![Air Force veteran Trevor Allison, his wife Brittany and son Cohen](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-07/1time-trevor-allison-family-home-1800.jpg?itok=Z_udA_NG "Air Force veteran Trevor Allison, his wife Brittany and son Cohen take a family photo in front of the home they lived in rent-free in Waleska, Georgia, as part of Operation Homefront's Transitional Homes for Veterans program. They were able to save enough money for a down payment on their "dream home" as a result of the financial skills they learned in the program. (Photo courtesy of Operation Homefront)")
