What to Consider With Increase in Servicemembers Group Life Insurance Effective March 1, 2023, the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance maximum benefit increases from $400,000 to $500,000.
Push to Help More Service Members In Need Get Food Stamps Revived by Senators The bill addresses a problem advocates have pointed to that blocks low-income military families from using the program.
Military to Cover Travel Costs and Offer Leave for Troops Seeking Abortions, Fertility Treatment The new policies are designed to provide health services to troops stationed in areas where medical services are restricted.
Spouse Satisfaction with Military Life at a New Low, DoD Survey Finds Fewer spouses are expressing support for their service member to stay in the military, according to a 2021 DoD survey...
Don't Penalize Service Members Who Don't Have Kids. Let Them Bank Their GI Bill Benefits "The military is missing out on a cost-effective way to keep more mid-career personnel in the ranks who don't have a spouse...
'Gold Star Gamers' and Military Esports Teams Help Children of Fallen Troops Cope With Loss One Gold Star mother found gaming an opportunity to heal the family wounds caused by the loss of her children's father and to...
Pentagon Rethinking Its Decision on $65.1 Billion Tricare Management Contract The company currently managing the region was notified last week that the Pentagon is taking "corrective action" to address...
Senators Push DoD to Do 'Proactive' Outreach to Soldiers Booted from Tricare in IT Glitch The leaders of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee are calling on the DoD to conduct a review of Tricare after recent...
The Latest Document the Military Is Hiding Behind Handling Rules: Parental Leave The CUI label is being applied inconsistently and, some critics argue, arbitrarily to keep some documents from being broadly...
Tricare Will Pay for More Dialysis Services Following COVID-Linked Rise in Kidney Disease Express Scripts has started sending out notices asking Tricare patients to confirm their mail-order prescription refills.
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...
