4 Bad Excuses to Opt Out of the Military's Thrift Savings Plan Here are four themes driving service members' decision not to contribute to the military's Thrift Savings Plan and why I...
Veterans Jobless Rate Drops Sharply Amid Unexpected September Hiring Blitz The unemployment rate for the generation of veterans who served after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks fell by a full...
New Benefit Reimburses Troops for Flying Family in to Help Watch Kids During PCS Moves The Pentagon is rolling out a new pilot program that provides travel benefits to service members to cover the cost of flying...
How the Fed's Interest Rate Cut Could Affect Military Families From deployments to frequent moves and everything in between, the military experience doesn't always directly match the...
Annual Cost-of-Living Boost for Veterans Benefits Finalized by Congress The increase applies to disability benefits, clothing allowances, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving...
Soldiers Set to Get New Deployment Bonus as High Operations Tempos Strain the Army Soldiers will receive an extra monthly bonus -- ranging from $210 to $450 per month, depending on rank -- for time away from...
Navy Offers New Housing Allowance Alternative for Families, More Female Uniform Options The Navy will now allow sailors who change duty stations within the U.S. -- but choose to leave their families behind -- to...
Increase DoD Child Care Staff Pay 'as Quickly as Possible,' Senators Tell Austin Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Rick Scott, who lead oversight of Pentagon personnel policies, are pushing the department to...
Do Military Households Have Misconceptions About Retirement? Here’s What They Said in a New Survey From building a solid financial foundation to preparing for emergencies and planning for retirement, the results of a recent...
More Options, Better Predictability: What Military Households Want from Their Retirement Plans If a new survey is any indicator, building a plan for the execution stage of retirement is clearly on the mind of the...
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...
Kings of Campus: How Some Army Instructors Use Their Clout to Prey on College Cadets To the young students in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), the officers who run the programs on college...
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...
Naval Academy Graduate Charged with Hate Crime After Pride Flag Ripped from Annapolis Shop A Naval Academy graduate was charged with a hate crime after a tattoo shop in Annapolis reported its LGBTQ Pride flag had...
Who Is Doug Collins? A Look at Trump's Pick to Head the VA The former Georgia congressman is a Southern Baptist minister and Air Force colonel.