DoD to Launch Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts in November The benefit is designed to encourage service members to budget for child care expenses while putting more money in their...
The New Gerber Baby Is an Air Force Military Brat In her role as chief growing officer for the next year, Maddie will also be invited to serve as chief taste tester for new...
Bulletproof Safe Rooms in DoD Schools: Lawmakers Look to New Tactics to Protect Kids A bipartisan pair of lawmakers wants to install bulletproof safe rooms in the schools that serve military children, amid...
DoD Schools Roll Out New 'Gender-Neutral' Dress Code for Students The new rules, which call for bodies to be covered from shoulders to mid-thigh and allow hats indoors, go into effect July 1.
Military Homeschooling Help for No Matter Where You're Stationed (Natalie Mack, Military Homeschool Expert) Military homeschooling expert Natalie Mack has the tips, tricks and insight for making military homeschooling just a little...
5 Resources for Month of the Military Child Here are five ways to use Month of the Military Child resources.
The Pentagon Is Behind on Issuing Policy to Allow Cadets Who Have Kids to Remain at Service Academies The Pentagon has not provided any public updates or said when the formal policy will be issued.
Army Unveils New Parental Leave Policy After Long Debate on Denials The policy grants 12 weeks of leave for new mothers and fathers, including adoptive and foster parents on active duty or full...
Marines Roll Out Expanded Parental Leave Policy The Corps' version of the policy does not substantially differ from the other military branches as it allows Marines to take...
Elmo and His Sesame Street Pals Teach Military Kids How to Deal with Post-Pandemic Stress The resources focus on general aspects of wellness and how military families can tackle an already uncertain life with the...
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...