What You Need to Know About Navy Federal's Takeover of Community Bank While the takeover by Navy Federal of the Defense Department's Community Bank should have no direct impact on services...
6 Do's and Don'ts of Improving Your Credit Score If you make the right moves, you should be able to make a positive impact on your credit score, no matter how or where it's...
Frightening Finances 2023: How Much to Save and How to Get Ahead of Retirement Halloween is just around the corner, so here is the second installment of this year’s foray into scary economic statistics.
Overseas Cost-of-Living Cuts Are About to Take a Bite Out of Paychecks. Some Bases Are Already Warning Troops. Cuts to service members' overseas cost-of-living allowances are coming, and some areas are starting to warn troops about the...
Frightening Finances 2023: Job Hunting, Credit-Card Balances and More It's time for another of my annual forays into frightening figures from the world of personal finances.
A Key Survivor Benefit Plan Deadline Was Moved Up. Here’s What You Need to Know The deadline to enroll in the military's Survivor Benefit Plan during this year's open season has just shortened --...
How to Reduce Capital Gains Tax on a House You Sell After Less Than 2 Years You may be eligible for a partial exclusion of capital gains tax if your employer transfers you to a new location that is at...
What Military Families Need to Know About a Government Shutdown What should you do if there's a government shutdown? Some of the best advice for military families, in every situation, is to...
What to Do in a Government Shutdown: Don't Panic! Be Proactive Panic seems like the natural response to the prospect of missing a paycheck due to a government shutdown. But a better idea...
5 Reasons to Buy an Annuity (It's Retirement Income You Can't Outlive) Guaranteed monthly retirement income was more important than a particular dollar amount to most respondents in a USAA survey...
The Email Chain Heard 'Round the Corps: Top Enlisted Leader Makes Surprise Visit to Corporal's Graduation Cpl. Andrew Hundley never expected fame, but after becoming a Marine Corps sensation overnight, he wields it with humility...
Retired Rear Admiral Who Served Under Trump Warns of Plans to Politicize Military Justice System Retired Rear Adm. Jim McPherson warned that the Trump administration and leaders in the Pentagon have politicized the...
Pentagon Proposes Ending 14 Advisory Panels, Including Historic Committee Focused on Women in the Services As part of a review to determine whether the boards provide value and contribute to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's vision...
Army Faces Backlash over Plan to Divert Barracks Funds to Border Mission The decision, reported last week by Military.com, would gut a key portion of the Army's Facilities Sustainment, Restoration...
US Soldier Gets 23 Years for Killing His Pregnant Wife with a Machete And Dumping Her in the Trash Pfc. Dewayne Johnson II pleaded guilty earlier in the week to voluntary manslaughter, obstruction of justice and providing...