How a New Navy Spouse Found 'Community Beyond Base' to Transform Her Life in Japan Japan is the perfect place to be thrown into the deep end when you are brand-new to being a military spouse.
Investing for Junior Troops: A Guide to Making Your Money Multiply If you have a lot to learn about investing, be aware that some of the information out there is not so good. Where should you...
Tricare West Region Woes: Reserve Members Mistakenly Told They Owe Up to $1,200 More Each Month Letters were sent to an undisclosed number of military reservists from Tricare saying they could expect to pay between $577...
Protecting Your Family as You Leave the Military: 3 Options and an Imperative As you prepare to take off the uniform, take the steps necessary to ensure that in the event of your death, your family won't...
2025 Guide to Pay and Allowances for Military Service Members, Veterans and Retirees A 14.5% pay raise for junior enlisted service members and an average 5.4% increase in the Basic Allowance for Housing are...
What to Look for on Your January Leave and Earnings Statement It's important to check your military Leave and Earnings Statement (LES) each month, but the January LES is more important...
Deadline Extended for Tricare Beneficiaries in West Region to Update Payment Info, Keep Health Coverage Some Tricare patients in the West Region, including those in states that joined Jan. 1, have until Jan. 30 to update their...
Your Military Pay Raise for 2025, Plus Veterans Pension and BAH Updates Under the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, troops in the ranks of E-1 through E-4 will see a 14.5% raise next...
What Happens to Military Families After a Loved One's Suicide? When a member of the military community dies by suicide, their neighbors, friends, brothers in arms, and families gather...
Here Are the 89 Highly Skilled Air Force Jobs Eligible for Retention Bonuses in 2025 The 89 career fields on the list eligible for the bonus in fiscal 2025 are a notable increase from the 73 careers for fiscal...
Tennessee Man Shot Dead After Flipping Middle Finger at War Memorial Albert Sturgill Jr., 63, was confronted by a group while gesturing at the flag and monuments at Cumberland County Veterans...
Chicago Braces for Potential National Guard Deployment Amid Trump Threats Illinois politicians are sounding an alarm and bracing for possible National Guard deployments to Chicago amid President...
9/11 Air Defense Stories You Might Not Know As hijacked planes turned into weapons on September 11, 2001, inside a quiet Air National Guard facility in upstate New York...
Is Trump's Troop Buildup in US Cities a Declaration of War — or Something Else? As President Donald Trump goads Democratic-led cities, Americans are grappling with a fundamental question of American...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...