What to Do (and What Not to Do) with Your Pay Raise Here's what to do -- and what not to do -- to ensure your pay raise sets you up for financial success.
Problems with Tricare Contract Transition 'Actively Harming' Military, Lawmaker Tells Pentagon Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Wash., represents military health beneficiaries near and on Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
State of Legal Residence vs. Home of Record When talking with military families about taxes, residences and driver's licenses, one thing keeps coming up: the misuse of...
Military Families Need the Same Legal Protections as Service Members Although many states offer legal protections that could theoretically prevent discrimination on the basis of marital status -...
Tricare West Region Beneficiaries Get Another Chance to Update Payment Information The second extension was made to ensure that beneficiaries who have been unable to update their payment information can do so...
More Money, Less Debt: New Study Reveals Military Households' Financial Trajectory Since 2019 While many military families appear to be doing better than their civilian counterparts financially, they still face...
Troop Pay Is Competitive with Civilian Workers, Pentagon Finds in Quadrennial Review The Quadrenial Review of Military Compensation was unveiled and reported that "the department's compensation package is...
Widow of Air Force Missileer Who Died of Cancer Secures VA Benefits After Yearslong Fight The widow of an Air Force missileer who died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma has finally secured Department of Veterans Affairs...
Tricare West Region Beneficiaries and Providers Are Flooding Former Contractor with Calls A contract changeover has caused a host of issues for Tricare West Region beneficiaries.
What's the Dumbest Thing Someone's Said to You During Your Spouse's Deployment? Deployments and military separations can be fraught with emotions, especially if you're experiencing one as a military spouse...
Defense Department to Review List of Medical Conditions that Disqualify Potential Recruits from Serving The review follows changes over the last three years that expanded waivers for 51 conditions.
Frantic Refugees, Helicopters Pushed Overboard: Memories of the Fall of Saigon 50 Years Later Fifty years later, the surreal images of U.S. sailors and Marines scrambling to push, drag and muscle helicopters overboard...
Reports of Civilian Deaths in Yemen Are Mounting. The Pentagon Is Remaining Mostly Silent. After reports of two major strikes against targets inside Yemen, officials at U.S. Central Command are refusing to discuss...
Trump Locks In Future of Michigan Air Base with New Fighter Jet Announcement President Donald Trump landed in Michigan and shared a hug with a longtime antagonist, Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, as...
48 Hours with Marines and Soldiers on the US Southern Border Amid President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, military assets and personnel are increasingly being relied upon for a...
![Marines at the border wall](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-04/staff-border-wall-marines-wire-1800.jpg?itok=a3dIOHTu "Marines were deployed here to reinforce barriers during President Donald Trump's first term, but they were not armed with the long guns their Guardian Angels carry now, NPR reported. An old policy from the very unit these Marines come from said Guardian Angels must watch over their units' security with an "ambush mentality." (Drew F. Lawrence/Military.com)")