Next Step for Incentive Pay Boost for Guardsmen and Reservists Coming in 'Weeks,' Defense Official Vows At issue are 18 categories of incentive pay used to attract recruits or retain service members with specific skills or...
Veterans Groups Press for Long-Shot Expansion of GI Bill Eligibility for Guard and Reserves At issue is the fact that many National Guard deployments don't allow troops to accrue GI Bill benefits.
National Guard Struggles with Duty Status and Benefits Reform as Suicide Rates Refuse to Decline The Guard's suicide rate has remained relatively unchanged for a decade as Pentagon planners are seemingly unable to get...
Should the National Guard Get Free Health Care? Gen. Hokanson Is Trying to Make it Happen The cost is giving lawmakers cold feet, and Hokanson's effort has gained little momentum despite his pleas to Congress.
5 Benefits of Serving in the Civil Service After Your Military Career Your military service can give you great benefits as a federal employee.
Everything You Need to Know About Tricare and National Guard and Reserve Activation Tricare coverage for you and your family is available.
New Reserve Maternity Leave Policy Issued by Pentagon 18 Months After Congressional Order The services began rolling out their policies earlier this year; the benefit is retroactive to the dates established by the...
Medical Billing Errors Hurt US Troops' Credit, Federal Consumer Agency Says A new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found that incorrect medical bills on credit reports are difficult...
Reserve And Guard Reemployment Protection Explained The law gives protection to any person whose absence from their job is caused by recall to active duty service.
More than Half of Senior Army Officers Are Turning Down Command Consideration More than half of the Army's senior officers are turning down opportunities to command, choosing instead the stability of...
A Coast Guard Commander Miscarried. She Nearly Died After Being Denied Care. U.S. service members have long faced strict limits on abortions, even when used to resolve miscarriages. Under federal law...
101st Airborne Division Troops Return to Bastogne to Mark 80th Anniversary of Battle of the Bulge The siege of Bastogne was lifted on Dec. 26, 1944, when a tank column from the 4th Armored Division of then-Lt. Gen. George...
Navy Drops Disciplinary Efforts Against 2 Navy Officers After Death of SEAL Candidate Kyle Mullen Vice Adm. Rick Cheeseman decided to stop the boards of inquiry for Capt. Brad Geary, the commander of the Navy SEAL training...
1 Dead, Suspect Arrested After ‘Active Shooter’ Situation at Georgia Army Base The victim, whose identity has not been released, was shot “in on-post housing” at Fort Eisenhower.