After Years of Fighting, the Military Has Started Phasing Out 'Widow’s Tax' Many survivors will see at least $400 more in their Feb. 1 annuity payments.
Her Family Isn't Happy as She Moves on a Decade After Husband's Death Her husband was killed in Iraq in 2006, and she spent years in a deep depression. Now she's found love again but her family...
Did Her Husband Fake His Death or Is She in Denial? I have a very unusual problem. I do not know if my husband is dead or alive.
Children of Fallen Patriots Resources Since its founding in 2002, the mission of Children of Fallen Patriots (CFP) has been to provide college scholarships and...
Families of Fallen Troops Often Face Their Hardest Battle Alone Organizations like the Army Survivors Advisory Working Group are trying to make a difference for Gold Star Families.
'Widow's Tax' to Be Eliminated by 2023 in Proposed Defense Budget The final version of the fiscal 2020 defense budget would phase out the so-called "widow's tax" over three years if passed.
Gold Star Family Members Can Now Become Congressional Fellows To give members of families of the fallen first-hand experience in Congress, lawmakers approved a yearlong fellowship for...
Support for Repeal of 'Widow's Tax' Higher than Ever, Military Coalition Tells Congress Veterans and military groups are pushing for change in the upcoming defense bill.
Effort to Repeal Military 'Widow's Tax' Fails in Senate A long-pursued effort to repeal the so-called "widow's tax" failed to make it into the defense policy bill.
Could the Military 'Widow's Tax' Finally Get Abolished? Here's the Next Hurdle The Senate is taking up the National Defense Authorization Act this week.
Military to Take Over Federal Land Along Border Under New Trump Order The Roosevelt Reservation, the 60-foot-wide strip of land that stretches across California, Arizona and New Mexico, will be...
Commander, Command Master Chief Fired from Navy Expeditionary Security Squadron Cmdr. Brett Robblee and Command Master Chief Felix Phillips were relieved from leadership of Maritime Expeditionary Security...
Removed Confederate Monuments in Maryland to Remain Hidden, Despite Trump Executive Order The statue of Captain John O’Donnell, an 18th century merchant who enslaved dozens of Black people on his Maryland plantation...
Gen. Caine Has Taken Over as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine — whose call sign is “Raizin” — is the first officer to be called back from retirement and returned...
Secret Recordings Show President Roosevelt Debating Military Desegregation with Civil Rights Leaders More than a year before Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt heard arguments from the civil rights leaders of the...
