8 Hacks for First-Time Homeowners Buying a home is both exciting and challenging, but you can make the experience smoother with the right strategies. Here are...
4 Bad Excuses to Opt Out of the Military's Thrift Savings Plan Here are four themes driving service members' decision not to contribute to the military's Thrift Savings Plan and why I...
Veterans Jobless Rate Drops Sharply Amid Unexpected September Hiring Blitz The unemployment rate for the generation of veterans who served after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks fell by a full...
New Benefit Reimburses Troops for Flying Family in to Help Watch Kids During PCS Moves The Pentagon is rolling out a new pilot program that provides travel benefits to service members to cover the cost of flying...
How the Fed's Interest Rate Cut Could Affect Military Families From deployments to frequent moves and everything in between, the military experience doesn't always directly match the...
Annual Cost-of-Living Boost for Veterans Benefits Finalized by Congress The increase applies to disability benefits, clothing allowances, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving...
Soldiers Set to Get New Deployment Bonus as High Operations Tempos Strain the Army Soldiers will receive an extra monthly bonus -- ranging from $210 to $450 per month, depending on rank -- for time away from...
Navy Offers New Housing Allowance Alternative for Families, More Female Uniform Options The Navy will now allow sailors who change duty stations within the U.S. -- but choose to leave their families behind -- to...
Increase DoD Child Care Staff Pay 'as Quickly as Possible,' Senators Tell Austin Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Rick Scott, who lead oversight of Pentagon personnel policies, are pushing the department to...
Do Military Households Have Misconceptions About Retirement? Here’s What They Said in a New Survey From building a solid financial foundation to preparing for emergencies and planning for retirement, the results of a recent...
Here Is the 2025 Pay Raise for Disabled Veterans and Military Retirees Military retirees and disabled veterans will receive 2.5% increases to their monthly paychecks for 2025, thanks to the annual...
Army Says Soldiers Should Avoid Poppy Seeds in Updated Regulation over Drug-Testing Concerns While poppy seeds are often an ingredient in baked goods and pastries, they also -- depending on how they are harvested and...
'Like Freeing a Ghost': A Sailor's Strange and Wondrous Journey Back from Pearl Harbor Some service members killed aboard the Oklahoma were identified, but most, like Titterington, were laid in mass graves...
Military Board Substantiates Misconduct But Declines to Fire Marine Who Adopted Afghan Orphan A U.S. Marine whose adoption of an Afghan war orphan has spurred a yearslong legal battle and raised alarms at the highest...
The Tactical Knife that Saved a Medal of Honor Recipient’s Life During Intense Hand-to-Hand Combat in Iraq Army Staff Sgt. David Bellavia received the Medal of Honor in recognition of his heroic actions during the Second Battle of...
