Hegseth’s Move Against Sen. Mark Kelly’s Retirement Rank Raises Broader Stakes for Military Retirees War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s effort to review Sen. Mark Kelly’s retired rank highlights legal boundaries over retiree...
4 Year-End Money Deadlines Veterans Can't Afford to Miss TSP contributions, flexible spending accounts, retirement withdrawals and more need attention before Dec. 31.
Most Military Retirees Will See Medicare Costs Increase in 2026 Medicare premiums will go up 9.7% on average for 2026.
Louisiana Gets Multi-Billion-Dollar Economic Boon From Military Spending New data from Louisiana shows major increases including in employment boosts compared to numbers from 2021.
Costs for Tricare Are Going Up in 2026 Most Tricare health plan costs for military and retiree households will go up between 2% and 3% in 2026, with some steeper...
Tricare Retired Reserve Coverage The Tricare Retired Reserve program offers health insurance to retired reservists, guard members, and their families
Want Extra Vision Insurance? Get It Through FEDVIP Military families and retirees qualify for the FEDVIP vision insurance program.
Open Enrollment: How to Choose a FEDVIP Dental Plan With several dental carriers to choose from, how do you choose wisely?
Here Is the 2026 Pay Raise for Disabled Veterans and Military Retirees Military retirees and disabled veterans will receive 2.8% increases to their monthly paychecks for 2026.
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.
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...
Troops Will Miss Paychecks Next Week Without Action on the Government Shutdown The federal government shutdown is raising anxiety levels among service members and their families, because those in uniform...
