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...
The Best Personal Finance Tools and Resources for Military Households These are some of the best resources of financial information and advice tailored to military service members.
What to Do with Your 2025 Military Pay Raise Being strategic with their pay raise can help service members stay out of predatory situations while staying out of debt for...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
