Deployment Benefits for Guard and Reserve What are the military benefits you receive if you are a deployed Reservist or Guard member? We go over the major benefits...
VA Trademarks GI Bill The Department of Veterans Affairs is taking a page from the private sector to protect the "brand" of one of its most famous...
Army to Change GI Bill Transferability Rules Retirement eligible Soldiers who elect to transfer their Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to a family member will soon be required...
Army Extends Obligation for GI Bill Transfers The Army is expanding its mandatory four-year service obligation for GIs who transfer their GI Bill benefits to family...
VFW Blasts Proposed GI Bill Enrollment Fee as 'Tax on Troops' The House Veterans Affairs Committee will take up a proposal for what the VFW calls a "tax on troops" for GI Bill benefits.
House Backing Away from Proposal to 'Tax' GI Bill The Veterans Affairs Committee postponed a hearing to consider a proposal to have troops pay up to $2,400 for GI Bill...
New GI Bill Would Make College Education a Lifetime Benefit A proposal to enhance the GI Bill would make the education benefit a lifetime possibility for new recruits.
VA Official Worries Over Tech Requirements for GI Bill Expansion A top VA official says his main concern for a major post-9/11 GI Bill expansion is having the technology to support the...
House to Vote on Post-9/11 GI Bill Expansion A vote on the measure hasn't been scheduled, but is expected to take place later this month.
Congress Looks At Making Changes To GI Bill Changes being discussed include removing time limit for using benefits and making more reservists eligible.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...