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...
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...
What Happens When a Military Member Wins the Lottery? The prevailing wisdom says a military member has to leave the military when they win the lottery - but that's not necessarily...
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...
These 11 ‘Game of the Year’ Contenders Belong in Your Barracks Video Game Collection The Game of the Year Awards seek to highlight games that show technical and creative excellence, and 2024 was a pretty good...
Troop Pardons Set to Complicate Military's Muddled Response to Jan. 6 As Trump prepares to take office Monday, he has vowed to move quickly on a key campaign promise to pardon many, if not all...
Service Members Are No Longer Banned from Displaying the American Flag Horizontally at Major Events It might come as a surprise, but U.S. service members weren't technically allowed to unfurl giant U.S. flags at major events...
In Her Final Days in Office, Army Secretary Formally Establishes Service's Command Review Program The service's Command Assessment Program was established to remove bias from the selection process for command billets.
Matthew Livelsberger's Widow Breaks Silence, Refutes 'Misinformation About My Family' The widow of Matthew Livelsberger — the Colorado Springs Green Beret who died by suicide in a rented Tesla Cybertruck seconds...
The Battle over Veterans’ Health Care: How the Republican Majority Hopes to Reshape the VA With the new Congress sworn in and President-elect Trump poised for his second inauguration, Republicans have queued up a...