10 Back-to-School Deals for Military Families Here's a list of discounts to help military families get the kids off to school in style while staying within your budget.
Veterans' Mortgage Life Insurance (VMLI): How It Works The Veterans' Mortgage Life Insurance program is designed to cover eligible veterans' home mortgages in the event of death.
Traumatic Injury Financial Protection (TSGLI): Coverage Details Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance has an added provision for traumatic injuries known as Traumatic Injury Protection...
Family Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (FSGLI): Rules and Rates Family Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (FSGLI) provides up to a maximum of $100,000 of insurance coverage for spouses.
Veterans' Group Life Insurance (VGLI): Get the Facts Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) may be converted to renewable five-year term coverage known as Veterans' Group...
Pell Grants: More Free Money for School Learn more about Pell Grants, a federal program to help students earn a degree.
Program to Prevent Veteran Home Foreclosures Has Been Revived The Senate passed a bill to create what's known as a partial claims program that will essentially allow veterans with...
Pell Grants for Children of the Fallen (Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grants) Students who lost a parent in Iraq or Afghanistan after Sept. 11, 2001, may be eligible for the maximum federal Pell Grant.
Senators Demand Answers After Case Dropped Against Navy Federal for Charging Troops Overdraft Fees A group of senators says they have "profound alarm" and are demanding answers over the unprecedented decision by the...
3.8% Raise for Service Members Endorsed by House and Senate Defense Bills The raise is consistent with the Trump administration's budget request for next year, as is the overall value of the House...
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...