Here’s a Tool to Easily Calculate Your Debt Repayment Strategy PowerPay lets you enter your debt information and how much money you have to put toward debt repayment each month, then helps...
Beneficiaries Outside Drive Time Standard No Longer Need Waiver to Stay in Tricare Prime New Tricare contracts that went into effect Jan. 1 changed the policy to allow those who move to a location more than 30...
Your 2025 Emergency Fund: How Military Households Can Weather the Storm A readily accessible pool of cash in the form of an emergency fund provides a crucial buffer against financial shocks...
No More Family Days for Air Force, Space Force: Extra Leave Canceled for 2025 Airmen and Space Force Guardians have had their scheduled family days for 2025 canceled after officials said the extra days...
4 Incredible USO Programs US Troops Might Not Know About While boosting morale is the USO’s stock-in-trade, the nonprofit wants service members and families to know they are so much...
Retirement Savings To-Do Lists for Military Households The key to a successful retirement isn't just saving; it's setting up guaranteed lifetime income so that your essential...
The Meaning of Semper Fi: The Marine Corps Motto "Semper Fi" is short for Semper Fidelis, a Latin phrase that means "Always Faithful." It has been the official motto of the U...
Pentagon Hiring Freeze Hits Army, Space Force Base Day Care Centers in Colorado Day care centers at Peterson Space Force Base and Fort Carson in Colorado are disenrolling some families and pausing...
Marines, Sailors on West Coast Expand Do-It-Yourself Barracks Repair Program Marines and sailors on the West Coast are expanding efforts to fix chronic barracks issues such as leaky sinks, drywall holes...
Military Appreciation Month: How to Support Service Members, Veterans and Their Families In observance of Military Appreciation Month in May, numerous organizations have created campaigns designed to honor the...
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
VA Study: Ozempic, Other GLP-1 Drugs May Fight Addiction Across Every Major Substance For the more than 48 million Americans with substance use disorders, including a disproportionate share of veterans, GLP-1...
US Navy Sends Submarines Under Arctic Ice for 100th Time in Milestone Exercise The U.S. Navy has reached a Cold War-era milestone in the Arctic, deploying two Virginia-class submarines beneath the polar...
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...
Exclusive: John Ripley, the Marine Who Blew Up the Dong Ha Bridge, to Receive the Medal of Honor More than 50 years after hanging beneath a Vietnam bridge to stop a North Vietnamese armored invasion, Marine Col. John...
