Here's How to Maximize VA Benefits over Your Lifetime VA benefits can play a critical role in a veteran's financial plan. Here's a three-tiered look at how to make the most of...
5 Reasons to Pay Off Your Mortgage Early Rather Than Wait Over the years, one of the most common questions I’ve received from clients has been, “Should we pay off our mortgage or...
Taxed or Not Taxed? These Are the Military and Veteran Pay and Allowances You Do and Don't Need to Report Here are the military and veteran pays and allowances you may or may not need to pay taxes on.
How to Spend the Money Left in Your DoD Health FSA by Dec. 31 You have plenty of ways to spend DoD Health Care Flexible Spending Account money on eligible expenses. Here are some...
Why New Year’s Resolutions Fail—and What Actually Works Every January, millions of Americans set New Year’s resolutions with genuine intent. And every February, most of those...
Back to School Is a Good Time to Teach Kids Financial Readiness The small, everyday choices you make teach your kids how to think about money, spend wisely, save for the future and talk...
Military Families Ask For Groceries As Shutdown Slams Paychecks Military families across the country are turning to food support programs as the shutdown drags on and paychecks stop.
How to Plan for an Extended Government Shutdown Well, it’s finally happened. After years of reporting on what to expect if the government shuts down and military pay is...
32 Reasons Service Members Avoid Leaving the Military In the military, you must make your own ending appear. Even when you want it to happen, even when you are ready, ending your...
What to Do in a Government Shutdown: Don't Panic! Be Proactive Panic seems like the natural response to the prospect of missing a paycheck due to a government shutdown. But a better idea...
Two Heroes, Two Medals of Honor: Inside Trump’s State of the Union Tribute Trump awarded two Medals of Honor during his State of the Union — one to a wounded helicopter pilot, another to a 100-year...
Amid Biggest US Military Buildup Since 2003, What Service Members and Families Need to Do Right Now Nobody knows yet whether the current buildup will result in a strike, a deal or a prolonged standoff. What you can control is...
The US Failed to Capture a MiG-15. Then a North Korean Defector Delivered One A secret US operation spent months trying to obtain a Soviet MiG-15 during the Korean War. A North Korean defector who never...
25 Years After 9/11: Former CENTCOM Commander’s Strategic Warning on What America Still Gets Wrong The only U.S. officer to lead PACOM and CENTCOM warns in his memoir that America chases short-term wins over strategy—risking...
Why You Didn’t Get the Job: Understanding How Companies Hire In today’s turbulent, unpredictable and frustrating hiring market, job-seekers are seemingly doing everything right and...
