2026 Military CONUS COLA Rates The Department of Defense has announced the 2026 Continental United States (CONUS) Cost-of-Living Allowance (COLA) rates.
One Household, One Set of Benefits: How Military and VA Rules Affect Dual-Service Couples Military and VA benefit systems often evaluate dual-service couples at the household level rather than as two individuals who...
5 Spending Strategies to Fight Bill Creep From Inflation How do you maintain a spending plan when your bills are creeping up each month?
When Home Feels Half Empty: Military Families Navigate Holiday Deployments Here are resources and strategies for families spending the holidays separated by deployment.
Military Families Finally Get More Money During Deployments Congress increased family separation pay to $300 a month after the Pentagon did not act on the authority to raise it higher...
What Every Veteran (and Family Member) Needs to Know About Cohen Veterans Network This story is an interview with the CEO (Anthony Hassan) and Board Chairman (Gen (ret) Joe Lengyel) on how Cohen Veterans...
Federal Open Enrollment Is Almost Over. Beneficiaries Urged to Review Health Plans After 2nd Big Increase Enrollees in federal health benefits need to go online and review their plans.
Start Preparing for the Next Government Shutdown Now, Before It’s Too Late Having a plan can make a pay or benefits disruption an inconvenience instead of an emergency.
Free Cruise Tickets Available for Veterans and Active-Duty Military on This Upgraded Ship Veterans and active-duty troops can sail on a free three-day, two-night cruise aboard Margaritaville at Sea, a 1,680...
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
VA Study: Ozempic, Other GLP-1 Drugs May Fight Addiction Across Every Major Substance For the more than 48 million Americans with substance use disorders, including a disproportionate share of veterans, GLP-1...
US Navy Sends Submarines Under Arctic Ice for 100th Time in Milestone Exercise The U.S. Navy has reached a Cold War-era milestone in the Arctic, deploying two Virginia-class submarines beneath the polar...
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...
Exclusive: John Ripley, the Marine Who Blew Up the Dong Ha Bridge, to Receive the Medal of Honor More than 50 years after hanging beneath a Vietnam bridge to stop a North Vietnamese armored invasion, Marine Col. John...
