Understanding SBP Payments to an Incapacitated Child One feature of the military's Survivor Benefit Plan is the ability to assign benefits to a child, including an incapacitated...
New Law Helps Military Survivors Pay for Retirement, Education For those grieving a loss, the law opens a new realm of possibilities for their future financial security.
Special Survivor Indemnity Allowance Surviving spouses, whose SBP annuity has been offset by DIC may be eligible for a Special Allowance to make up for it.
SBP: The Biggest Decision of Your MilSpouse Life Military spouses, one of the biggest decisions at retirement rests squarely on your shoulders: whether to elect Survivor...
5 Reasons To Be Impressed By The Survivor Benefit Plan The SBP gets me fired up because of its value in protecting military families financially. It protects the loved ones of...
SBP Child Coverage Cost and Benefits SBP gives income protection not only to your spouse, but also to your children until they become self-supporting.
Here's How Much Extra Pay Military Retirees Are Likely to Get with the COLA Increase The increase also covers disability payments and survivor benefits.
Pentagon Lifts Onerous Proof Requirements for Student Military Survivor Benefits Students at institutes of higher learning can now self-certify their enrollment.
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...
Trump Administration Threatens No Back Pay for Federal Workers in Shutdown President Donald Trump’s administration is warning of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a shutdown.
Teen Cadet Says He Was Beaten, Concussed at Camp at Aberdeen Proving Ground In early August 2022, 17-year-old Nathanael Royal called his parents and begged them to bring him home before he got attacked...
The Civil War Battle Where a West Point Professor Defeated His Confederate Student The Civil War ripped apart nearly every bond Americans shared — classmates, friends, even family members found themselves on...
Army Vet Sentenced to Year In Prison For $80,000 Fraud, Stolen Valor Sharon Toney-Finch, 43, was indicted in April 2024 on four charges: wire fraud, stolen valor, theft of government funds, and...