Learn About Marine Corps Benefits Joining the Marine Corps comes with benefits you may never have considered.
Survivor Benefit Plan or Term Life Insurance? Here's why term life insurance may not be a better option than the military's Survivor Benefit Plan.
Faced with the Survivor Benefit Plan Decision? 5 Things to Know If you need to decide whether to opt in to the Survivor Benefit Plan, here are five factors to consider.
Special Survivor Indemnity Allowance (SSIA) Surviving spouses whose SBP have been offset as a result of receiving DIC are eligible for a Special Allowance.
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.
How to Use the Survivor Benefit Plan's One-Time Open Enrollment The Pentagon has shared details of the forthcoming process for retirees to enroll in the Survivor Benefit Plan.
DoD Still Hasn't Released a Form Needed for Retirees’ One-Time Chance to Change SBP The Defense Department said it would provide Survivor Benefit Plan open enrollment forms by February, but the forms still are...
Understanding SBP Payments to an Incapacitated Child One feature of the military's Survivor Benefit Plan is the ability to assign benefits to a child, including an incapacitated...
New Law Helps Military Survivors Pay for Retirement, Education For those grieving a loss, the law opens a new realm of possibilities for their future financial security.
Special Survivor Indemnity Allowance Surviving spouses, whose SBP annuity has been offset by DIC may be eligible for a Special Allowance to make up for it.
Army Division Bars Leaders from Bothering Their Soldiers After Work Hours Maj. Gen. David Doyle, commander of the Fort Carson, Colorado-based 4th Infantry Division, issued a memo last week barring...
Marine Corps Creates Billet to Keep Dual-Military Families Together During Stressful Moves The billet, which is called the dual-military coordinator, will act as a liaison between couples and their career monitors in...
Exposed to Agent Orange at US Bases, Veterans Face Cancer Without VA Compensation The Defense Department has publicly acknowledged that during the Vietnam War era it stored Agent Orange at the Naval...
Reports of Mediocre Disability Exams by VA Contractors Prompts Senator's Demand for Answers A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized...
A Group Aims to Rebuild Tun Tavern, Birthplace of the Marines, as a Tavern and Restaurant National Park Service rangers in the historic district field questions all day from visitors. One of the most-asked is:...