The DoD's PCS Help for Career-Minded Military Spouses (Eddy Mentzer, DoD spouse career programs lead) A series of programs offered by the Defense Department seeks to help with military spouse employment issues. In this episode...
5 Signs SBP Open Season Could Make Sense for You Here are five financial red flags that should have you considering the Survivor Benefit Plan open season.
Job Search Rejection: How to Move on When You Didn’t Get the Job Moving forward after a job search rejection is one of the tasks of military transition. Use these tips to renew your...
4 Strategies to 'Enhance' Your Retirement Here are four things you can do to put yourself in a better place financially, regardless of what happens in the broader...
7 Ways the New Secure 2.0 Act Could Help You Save for Retirement To help Americans save for retirement, the Secure 2.0 Act includes promising provisions that will be implemented over the...
Visiting Nurses Handle Patients with Care as Relief Society's 'Best-Kept Secret' NMCRS nurses conducted almost 15,000 visits in 2022, a nearly 20% increase over the previous year, according to data provided...
Want to Get a Job Outside Defense After the Military? For veterans and spouses, landing a non-defense job is nearly impossible without a strong network. Mentor programs...
States Must Recognize Military Spouses' Job Licenses After Moves Under New Law Under the law, states must recognize service members and spouses' valid professional licenses from other states for any job...
Applications Are Now Open for the DoD's Paid Private Fellowship Program for Military Spouses The fellowship aims to place "career-ready spouses with civilian employers for 12 weeks of professional training, networking...
Empower Employ Has a Free App That Connects Veterans and Spouses to Civilian Jobs Lindsay Helm founded Empower Employ with the idea of using information technology to connect civilian employers to the...
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...