New Employer Tax Credit Helps Military Spouses Get 401(k) Retirement Benefits The Secure 2.0 Act provided the new credit to incentivize employers to quickly enroll and vest spouses in the plans.
5 Ways to Spend Your 2024 Income Tax Refund Are you like most American tax-filers and about to receive a tax refund? Last year, the IRS reported that more than 60% of...
Is Employer-Provided Life Insurance Good Enough? If most, or all, of your life insurance is tied to your employment, here are five questions you should ask yourself.
Defense Department Expands ID Card Renewals by Mail to US-Based Retirees, Dependents While in the past the renewed card had to be retrieved in person at a local ID card facility, it will instead be delivered by...
4 Tips to Make 2024 a Financial Success Story Here are a few small, but critical, moves you could make in 2024 to set the stage for success.
New Rules for Rolling Over a 529 College Savings Plan to a Roth IRA A new law creates a potential synergy between two tax-advantaged savings heavyweights: the 529 college savings plan and the...
5 Ways to Prep Your Military Finances for 2024 Annual increases in pays and allowances give military service members the opportunity to do a financial reset every year...
Congress, DoD Should Shore Up Financially Troubled Armed Forces Retirement Home, Watchdog Says Populations of the federal homes in Washington, D.C., and Gulfport, Mississippi, have declined as expenses have risen...
Troubled USS Boxer Returns Home 10 Days into Deployment Due to Maintenance Issue The maintenance-embattled USS Boxer is heading back to San Diego just 10 days after deploying due to an engineering issue, as...
On Newly Quiet Stretch of US-Mexico Border, Louisiana Soldiers Sit Around, Watch and Wait The Louisiana soldiers are spaced in groups of two or three over the 1.5 mile, 400-yard-wide strip of land.
How the Army Made a Deal with UFL Football and The Rock Despite Doubts over the Sponsorship's Worth The roughly $11 million deal set the service up to be the premier partner for the league's inaugural season, which started...
Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...
'Restore Real Value': House Panel Wants to Give Junior Enlisted Troops 15% Pay Raise The recommendation on boosting paychecks is part of the final report from the House Armed Services Committee's military...