With Retirement System Opt-In Numbers Low, Officials Make Final Push Only about 19 percent of the 1.6 million troops eligible to switch into the DoD's new Blended Retirement System have done so.
Opting In Sooner for Blended Retirement Can Add Value to TSP 900,000 active duty service members and 700,000 drilling Reserve and Guard members are eligible to opt out of a rigid yet...
Lump Sum 'Take Rates' Projected for New Blended Retirement The lump-sum payment option for the Blended Retirement System is enticing. Should you take it?
Study: Blended Retirement System Won't Harm Retirees or Force A new study commissioned by the Marine Corps concludes that the new Blended Retirement System (BRS) won’t endanger force...
Blended Retirement's Lump Sum Feature Enticing But Is It Fair? Those who opt into the new Blended Retirement System (BRS) will face a decision on retired pay so unusual that the DoD has...
Personnel Chiefs Worry Over Deployment Pace, New Blended Retirement DoD personnel chiefs are worried about too frequent deployments, erratic budget practices, and the new Blended Retirement...
Blended Retirement System Facts You Need to Know The new retirement system is vastly different than previous ones. Some members have the option to switch. Learn the facts...
A $13 Million Military Drone Was Lost in the Mediterranean Sea Because the Propeller Fell Off The new details, released late last month by Air Combat Command, revealed some of the circumstances that caused the...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Belongs to an Archconservative Church Network. Here's What to Know. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he's proud to be part of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, an...
'What Was the Point of All of It?': Commission Probing Afghan War Hears from Veterans During what commissioners described as an emotional session, about 20 veterans told their stories to members of the...
Navy Identifies Recruit Who Died at Great Lakes Firing Range Seaman Recruit Kayshawn Wilkerson, 18, died Wednesday following an incident at the base's firing range, according to the Lake...
Coast Guard Commissions New Icebreaker, Sends it Directly to Sea The scheduled ceremony corresponded with the largest deployment ever of Chinese research vessels to the Arctic.
