Want Extra Vision Insurance? Get It Through FEDVIP Military families and retirees qualify for the FEDVIP vision insurance program.
What Is a Qualifying Life Event for Tricare? A qualifying life event (QLE) is usually needed to make changes to Tricare outside of open season. So what is a QLE?
5 Things to Remember About Tricare's Open Enrollment Tricare's open enrollment system forever altered how military households change their Tricare coverage. Here's what you need...
New Benefit Reimburses Troops for Flying Family in to Help Watch Kids During PCS Moves The Pentagon is rolling out a new pilot program that provides travel benefits to service members to cover the cost of flying...
Navy Offers New Housing Allowance Alternative for Families, More Female Uniform Options The Navy will now allow sailors who change duty stations within the U.S. -- but choose to leave their families behind -- to...
Increase DoD Child Care Staff Pay 'as Quickly as Possible,' Senators Tell Austin Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Rick Scott, who lead oversight of Pentagon personnel policies, are pushing the department to...
Amid Latest Quality-of-Life Tweaks for Troops, Defense Secretary Says He Wishes He Could Move Faster SecDef Austin, along with first lady Dr. Jill Biden, traveled to Maxwell Air Force base in order to highlight the latest...
More Options, Better Predictability: What Military Households Want from Their Retirement Plans If a new survey is any indicator, building a plan for the execution stage of retirement is clearly on the mind of the...
Space Force Tuition Assistance Space Force members take off-duty college courses under the Department of the Air Force's Military Tuition Assistance program...
Military Obesity Policies Need to Catch Up with Science, Look at New Weight Loss Drugs, Think Tank Says The Defense Department should classify obesity as a medical condition and use available treatments to help retain personnel...
Senior Enlisted Marine Reduced to Sergeant for Wearing Unauthorized Awards, Including Purple Heart Per a plea agreement, then-Sgt. Maj. Charlie Clawson was reduced in rank after a Sept. 13 court-martial found him in...
Peterson Space Force Base Dining Hall Closed Indefinitely After 'Significant Safety Incident' Guardians and airmen stationed at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado have been without an on-base dining hall facility for...
2024 Veterans Day Free Meals and Restaurant Deals and Discounts Restaurants are saluting Veterans Day with free meals and discounts for veterans, service members and their families.
Far-Right Suggests Military Just Authorized Lethal Force Against Americans Ahead of the Election. It Didn’t. As Trump warns about an "enemy from within," a Defense Department directive set off a firestorm on alt-tech social media. But...
Congress Eyes Top Honor for Navy Pilot Who Was Second-Longest Ever US Military POW Lawmakers are working to award the Congressional Gold Medal to retired Cmdr. Everett Alvarez Jr., who spent eight and a half...