Amy Bushatz

Amy Bushatz is the former executive editor of Military.com.

A reporter since 2003, Amy Bushatz joined Military.com in 2010 and grew into the role of Executive Editor. As a military spouse, she is passionate about military life issues, and is a devoted subject matter expert on all military benefits. Amy is also a mountain and road runner based in Alaska where she hosts and produces the Humans Outside podcast and spends time adventuring with her family.

Amy is a 2018 recipient of Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States (EANGUS) Patriotism Award and a 2019 graduate of the George W. Bush Institute’s Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program. She holds a master's degree in public leadership from the University of San Francisco.

Latest Articles

Resource Fills Huge Transition Help Gap for Young Kids

Post-9/11 GI Bill Proposal Would Significantly Expand Family Transfer Benefit

A proposed change to the post-9/11 GI Bill could allow thousands of veterans and troops to pass the benefit to a relative.

Capt. Chambless Chesnutt's military ID card was found in Vietnam and will soon be returned to his family. (Photo courtesy of Jill Hubbs)

A Missing ID Card Spent 50 Years in Vietnam. Now It's Coming Home

How the card was discovered after 50 years missing is an unlikely story of serendipity.

Caregivers of Wounded Vets Have Unique Job Needs. These New Projects Aim to Help

The fellowship expansion and the new booklet were announced Tuesday at an event in Washington, D.C.

Retirees Could Receive Tricare Refund Check

Military retirees who paid annual Tricare Prime enrollment fees in 2018 or 2019 could soon see a refund check in the mail.

Deploying Soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 150th Cavalry Regiment, as well as other Soldiers from units who will join the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT), bid farewell to family and friends Aug. 25, 2019. (National Guard/Edwin Wriston)

National Guard to Offer Vet Center Help During Drill Weekends

Guardsmen could soon have access to on-site mental health help at their monthly drill weekends as part of a partnership...

Medications available for free through the 21st Medical Squadron pharmacy’s Over-the-Counter Medication Program are on display in the 21st MDS clinic at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, on Dec. 5, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class William Tracy)

Military Pharmacies May Change List of Free Over-the-Counter Drugs Offered

The possible changes are part of the military medical system's shift from the services to the Defense Health Agency.

Staff Sgt Andrew Michael St John (Indiana National Guard)

Indiana National Guard IDs Soldier Killed in Training Incident

Staff Sgt. Andrew Michael St. John, 29, of Greenwood, Indiana served in the infantry with Company B, 1st Battalion, 151st...

Pentagon Rolls Out New Spouse Transition Program

The program is currently available only online through Military OneSource.

DoD to Issue Revamped Spouse Transition Program

Existing transition programs usually focus on service members, allowing spouses to attend classes on a "space available"...

Rear Adm. Bette Bolivar, the Commander of Navy Region Southeast, speaks with a veteran during a visit to Alexander Nininger Veterans Nursing Home as part of Fleet Week Port Everglades, Pembroke Pines, FL, May 4, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Leynard Kyle Plazo)

More Vets Will Be Headed to Nursing Homes, and VA May Not Be Ready: Report

The report found the number of veterans in VA-funded nursing home care is expected to total about 44,000 by 2022.

The Charles George VA Medical Center in North Carolina (VA via Flickr)

Veteran Dies by Suicide in North Carolina VA Parking Lot

The death is the latest in a series of veteran suicides in the parking lots of VA facilities across the country.

A policy change, ordered by the 2018 NDAA, will allow military dependents under 21 to receive both medical treatment for their terminal illness and care that falls under the umbrella of "hospice." (U.S. Army/ Sgt. Ian Valley)

Terminally Ill Military Kids Can Now Receive Both Treatment and Hospice

Parents of children with terminal illness covered by Tricare no longer have to choose between treatment and end-of-life care.

Ensign Sandy Link, a nurse at Naval Hospital Jacksonville’s Multi-Service Unit, flushes a patient’s intravenous tubing. (U.S. Navy photo/Jacob Sippel)

Questions Remain as DoD Gets Ready to Cut 18,000 Medical Personnel

Pentagon officials are keeping quiet on details surrounding a plan to cut 18,000 medical billets across the military.

Calvin Stubbs, front, 6, and Alex Parsley, back, 9, stand in line to hit hockey pucks during the Pensacola, Florida Ice Flyers’ visit to the Hurlburt Field youth center. (Air Force/Julianne Showalter)

Vets, Troops Can Get Free Sports Gear for Their Kids. Here's How.

There's nothing cheap about kids and sports, but one Minnesota-based nonprofit is trying to make kinetic activities for...

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