Benefits

Navigating the many military benefits can be daunting and confusing. The following are our latest articles relating to military benefits news along with articles to assist active duty, veteran and retired service members and their families.

See the New 2020 Rates for Vision and Retiree Dental Insurance

Open Season begins Nov. 11 allowing you to choose or switch plans, check out the new rates now.

FILE - In this June 21, 2013 file photo, the seal affixed to the front of the Veterans Affairs Department building in Washington. (AP/Charles Dharapak, File)

VA and California Fight over Which Schools Vets Can Attend

VA has assumed the duties of approving the schools where veterans can use their GI Bill benefits.

Texas National Guardsmen aid citizens in heavily flooded areas of Houston after Hurricane Harvey. Lt. Zachary West/Army

Here's How Harvey Is Impacting Military, Veteran Benefits

If you're a military family member, retiree or veteran in the impacted areas, several benefits have been temporarily changed.

There's More to Life Than SGLI and VGLI

If you died unexpectedly, how would your survivors get by? Would the financial strain be as bad as the emotional one?

Can My Grandson Be Registered in DEERS?

Their grandson is living with them. Can they get him military benefits?

Overview of Military Education Benefits

The military offers great education benefits. See what's available and take advantage of the benefits you've earned.

VA Loan High-Cost Counties Map 2019. Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency

VA Loan Limits for High-Cost Counties: Updated for 2019

The VA loan limit for 2019 is $484,350, but it could actually be more in high-cost counties

GI Bill Overview

There are several GI Bill programs to choose from. We help you easily find out which is best for you

Montana Air National Guard Airman and Family Readiness Program Manager Paige Held poses with two happy family members. Senior Airman Nikolas Asmussen/U.S. Air National Guard

Active Duty to Guard or Reserve: A Spouse Benefits Guide

If you think the active-duty personnel system is clueless, get ready for a higher level realm of disorganization and confusio...

Soldiers of the Georgia National Guard salute during a welcome home ceremony held at Fort Stewart, Ga., last April. More than Guardsmen from across the state are receiving special training -- aimed at countering insider attacks from insurgents infiltrating the Afghan military. (Georgia National Guard photo/Shye Wilborn)

How Do I Get Tricare When We Go Guard?

They're leaving the active-duty Air Force to join the National Guard, but they're finding Tricare transition confusing.

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Here's Your 2020 Military Retiree, VA and Social Security Pay Bump

The 2020 military retiree, VA disability and social security pay increase is smaller than the one received in 2019.

Cpl. Erin Rachel Lilleyfogle. Marine Corps photo

Marine Stopped to Help Someone on Highway Before She Was Hit and Killed

Cpl. Erin Rachel Lilleyfogle of Parris Island had stopped to help someone involved in an earlier crash.

Marines train aboard an amphibious assault ship. (Marine Corps/U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Abraham Becerra (right), a scout sniper team leader with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), performs a speed reload with an M4A1 carbine during an immediate action drill aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer. (Marine Corps/Dalton Swanbeck)

Drill Sergeant to SMA: Non-Grunt Army Recruits Need Marine Combat Training

The new sergeant major of the Army was told that non-combat arms recruits need something like Marine Combat Training.

A team made up of Textron Systems, Howe & Howe and FLIR Systems, Inc. is debuting the new Ripsaw M5 unmanned vehicle it intends to offer for the U.S. Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle effort at the 2019 Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting. (Courtesy Textron)

Meet Ripsaw M5, Textron's Unmanned Battle Wagon

"You are going to need to have smaller robots come out of this robot for [situational awareness] purposes."

Jose Segovia Benitez. Marine Corps photo

US Marine Veteran Who Fought in Iraq Faces Imminent Deportation

A large tattoo of the Statue of Liberty is spread across the left side of Jose Segovia Benitez's body.