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Why Thanksgiving Is the Perfect Time for Important Financial Conversations in Your Military Family In military families, where change is constant and the future is sometimes uncertain, Thanksgiving offers a rare and valuable...
Tricare Changes are Coming in 2025. Here’s What Beneficiaries Need to Know Right Now Tricare beneficiaries need to be aware of changes taking place in both the East and West regions and may need to take action...
Basic Needs Allowance Overview The Basic Needs Allowance can potentially add hundreds of dollars to the paycheck of a military member with a family whose...
When Is a Good Time to Change Your Thrift Savings Plan Investments? If an investor is feeling a lot of stress regarding their investments, that could indicate that it’s time to reevaluate their...
Tricare Costs Are Going Up Again in 2025 Military and retiree households will pay more for Tricare in 2025, with most increases in the 2% to 3% range.
Pentagon Blind to Troop Woes in Areas Across US with Limited Housing Options, Report Finds The report is just the latest in a long series of government reports and media coverage that shows the Pentagon has been...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
The Best Amazon Black Friday Week 2024 Deals for Service Members, Veterans and Their Families America’s favorite shopping holiday isn’t just a single day, or even a weekend, anymore. Here’s how U.S. service members...
Army Offers $15,000 Reward for Info on Missing Guns and Other Gear at Fort Moore Army investigators are still searching for 31 M17 pistols that disappeared from Fort Moore, Georgia, earlier this year, but...
GOP Senator Stalls Promotion of General Who Became Symbol of Afghanistan Withdrawal Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue, who has been nominated to receive a fourth star and take command of U.S. Army forces in Europe...
House Approves Wide-Ranging Veterans Bill After Bipartisan Compromise Reached A wide-ranging veterans policy bill that would bolster home caregiver programs and support for homeless veterans, among other...
Trump Reportedly Weighs Immediate Discharge of All Transgender Troops. Here's What That Would Mean. The proposed plan, as first reported by the Times of London, would entail signing an order within days of Trump taking office...
US to Give Antipersonnel Mines to Ukraine to Help Slow the Russian Advance U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the Biden administration will allow Ukraine to use American-supplied antipersonnel land mines to...
NATO Troops Take Part in Artillery Drills in Finland for First Time Since It Joined Military Alliance Several thousand NATO troops took part in large-scale artillery drills in Finland for the first time since the country...
Austin Explains Decision to Supply Ukraine With Landmines Outgoing U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin explained a decision to supply Ukraine with anti-personnel landmines during a briefing...
Ukrainian Students Light Candles to Remember 659 Children Killed in Conflict With Russia Ukrainian students on Wednesday paused to remember the children killed in the conflict with Russia by lighting 659 candles...
Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...
Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...
They Stood Sentry over America's Nuclear Missile Arsenal. Many Worry It Gave Them Cancer. For years, it was an open secret among missileers that the Cold War-era missile alert facilities and launch control centers...
They Stood Sentry over America's Nuclear Missile Arsenal. Many Worry It Gave Them Cancer. For years, it was an open secret among missileers that the Cold War-era missile alert facilities and launch control centers...
Sewage Was Overflowing at Military Family’s Fort Jackson House. Then a 4-Year-Old Got Sick A family is suing Fort Jackson's housing provider, alleging continuous sewage leaks led to their 4-year-old son contracting...
Republicans Push Back Against Democrats' Claims that Trump Intelligence Pick Gabbard Is Compromised Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat and veteran of combat missions in Iraq, said she had concerns about Tulsi Gabbard...
Former Navy Officer ‘Driven by Greed’ Steals over $850,000 in Military Gear, Feds Say Richard Allen, 53, pleaded guilty Aug. 29 to conspiracy and six counts of money laundering. Now he'll serve 18 months in...
Various Owners Have Sunk More Than $40 Million into Buying, Maintaining and Reimagining the SS United States During Its Time in Philly The 990-foot SS United States served as a geographical marker of sorts on the Delaware River waterfront in South Philadelphia...
Strange Drones Have Been Buzzing US Air Force Bases in the United Kingdom These latest drone sightings come after it was reported in The Wall Street Journal that mysterious drones swarmed the area...
Colorado Springs Named Permanent Home for 250 Delta 15 Space Force Guardians, Ahead of Possible Space Command Fight The Air Force announced last week 250 Space Force guardians with Delta 15, dedicated to protecting and defending operations...
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Fear of Losing US Space Command Unites Colorado’s Congressional Delegation An intense persuasion campaign is heating up across more than 1,200 miles, from Colorado Springs to Alabama, as both states'...
Federal Judge Dismisses High-Profile Cases of 2 Jordanian Men Accused of Breaching Quantico Gate U.S. attorneys for the Eastern District of Virginia filed a motion Oct. 3 to dismiss the misdemeanor charges against Hasan...
New Marine Sniper Rifle Reaches Full Operational Capability Ahead of Schedule The Marine Corps' Mk22 Advanced Sniper Rifle will eventually replace the M40A6 and Mk13 Mod 7 in the service's arsenal.
Coast Guard Establishes First Hawaii-Based JROTC Program Kalani High School officially activated its newly formed Coast Guard Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program, the first...
Coast Guard Set to Receive New Icebreaker by Year's End, Bolstering US Presence in Arctic The need for ships with icebreaking capabilities is growing as China and Russia increase their presence in the Arctic...