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Troop Pay Could Be Delayed Under Elon Musk-Inspired Government Shutdown The potential loss of pay in the midst of the holiday season was looming Thursday after plans negotiated by Republicans and...
Military Households: What Are Your Financial Questions Heading into 2025? As 2025 approaches, along with the potential for junior troops to earn thousands more a year thanks to a likely raise, we...
Soldiers and Their Families Will Be Eligible for Up to $4,000 in Grants for Emergency Travel The group, Army Emergency Relief, said it will offer airfare grants of up to $2,000 for domestic travel and $4,000 for...
14.5% Junior Enlisted Pay Raise, Restriction on Care for Transgender Military Kids Headed to Biden's Desk The 4.5% raise will be added to all service members' paychecks at the beginning of January, while the remaining 10% extra for...
Your Year-End Financial Action Plan, Part 4: Maximizing Retirement Use this year-end evaluation as an opportunity to discuss and get aligned on your retirement goals and portfolio.
Your Projected Military Pay Raise for 2025, Plus Veterans Pension and BAH Updates Under the National Defense Authorization Act, which received approval in the House on Dec. 11, troops in the ranks of E-1...
Navigating Winter Unemployment: A Veteran's Guide to Staying Productive, Positive and Eminently Employable
Army Set to Debut Master Combat Badges in Spring, Memo Says The Army is set to begin awarding Master Combat Badges, which will combine expert and traditional combat badges, next spring...
Navy Drops Disciplinary Efforts Against 2 Navy Officers After Death of SEAL Candidate Kyle Mullen Vice Adm. Rick Cheeseman decided to stop the boards of inquiry for Capt. Brad Geary, the commander of the Navy SEAL training...
The Air Force's Faltering Effort to Get More Diversity Among Officers May Be Out of Time The diversity targets set in 2022 marked the first time in nearly a decade that the service had amended the benchmarks for...
Veteran Ejected from Public Meeting over Shirt Criticizing Politician’s Military Service Files Lawsuit Kenneth J. Collins, of Newton, alleges he was wrongfully removed from a meeting of the Sussex County Board of County...
National Guard Soldier Fatally Shot Ex's Boyfriend While on Drill Duty Break, Feds Say Natravien Landry is charged with murder in a shooting that triggered a lockdown at a military base in Georgia, federal...
More than Half of Senior Army Officers Are Turning Down Command Consideration More than half of the Army's senior officers are turning down opportunities to command, choosing instead the stability of...
Trump Claims Government Knows What Drones Are In a far-ranging interview news conference, President-elect Donald Trump said the U.S. government "knows what is happening" with the...
Russian Forces Seen Withdrawing Toward Northern Syrian City of Tartus A lengthy convoy of Russian military vehicles were seen withdrawing from Latakia toward the Syrian city of Tartus on...
Schumer Calls on US Agencies to Use Advanced Technology to Identify Mysterious Drones After weeks of fear and bewilderment about the drones buzzing over parts of New York and New Jersey, U.S...
Mother of American Found in Syria: 'We All Want You Home' An American citizen who disappeared seven months ago into former Syrian President Bashar Assad’s notorious prison system said he...
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...
Drone Sightings? Alabama’s Own Radar Mystery Led to Conspiracy Theories, Military Rumors This one didn’t involve buzzing drones but rather a mysterious blob that first appeared on radar followed by scattered debris...
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit to Have Confederate Name Restored to Ranger Memorial at Fort Moore A lawsuit filed by the Columbus-based National Ranger Memorial Foundation to restore the name of a Confederate officer to the...
‘Warfare': A Real-Time Iraq War Combat Film from a Navy SEAL and the Director of 'Civil War' Scheduled for release in 2025, "Warfare" follows a team of SEALs holed up in an Iraqi home, following their action in real...
Mauritius Wants to Rethink a Deal with the UK over Remote Islands Housing a Key US Base The British government says it still plans to hand over a contested Indian Ocean archipelago, which is home to a...
Senate OKs Move of Space-Focused National Guard Units. Colorado Governor Says Air Force Wouldn't Negotiate. The Senate approved the annual defense bill Wednesday that moves National Guard units into the active-duty Space Force after...
DC Air National Guard Will Lose Fighter Jet Squadron to Maryland as Part of Government Funding Deal The transfer of the fighter squadron comes after it appeared earlier this year that Maryland would be left as the only state...
Senate OKs Move of Space-Focused National Guard Units. Colorado Governor Says Air Force Wouldn't Negotiate. The Senate approved the annual defense bill Wednesday that moves National Guard units into the active-duty Space Force after...
Army and Navy Team Up for Hypersonic Missile Launch from Cape Canaveral Cape Canaveral Space Force Station had a different kind of launch on its plate Thursday when the Army and Navy teamed up to...
They Fought in Iraq’s Bloodiest Battle. Will Their Kids Be the Next Generation of Marines? No matter the profession, parents and children in both civilian and military families must navigate delicate decisions about...
Mother of Missing Marine Vet Austin Tice Urges Netanyahu to Pause Strikes on Syria to Aid Search for Her Son In a letter addressed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Debra Tice said her family has "credible information"...
US Coast Guard to Participate in First-Ever Drill in Tokyo Bay The coast guards of Japan, the United States, Australia and India are to conduct their first four-country drill at the Port...
House Probe Finds Former Coast Guard Commandant Decided to Withhold Sexual Assault Findings An interim report into sexual assaults at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and subsequent cover-up of an investigation found the...