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.
Retired Military Pay Dates for 2026 Military retiree and annuitant pay day is usually on the first business day of the month.
Mark Kelly’s Lawsuit Against Pete Hegseth Tests the Limits of Executive Power Over Retired Officers Senator Mark Kelly is suing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, arguing the Pentagon unlawfully retaliated against his political...
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...
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.
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
VA Study: Ozempic, Other GLP-1 Drugs May Fight Addiction Across Every Major Substance For the more than 48 million Americans with substance use disorders, including a disproportionate share of veterans, GLP-1...
US Navy Sends Submarines Under Arctic Ice for 100th Time in Milestone Exercise The U.S. Navy has reached a Cold War-era milestone in the Arctic, deploying two Virginia-class submarines beneath the polar...
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...
Exclusive: John Ripley, the Marine Who Blew Up the Dong Ha Bridge, to Receive the Medal of Honor More than 50 years after hanging beneath a Vietnam bridge to stop a North Vietnamese armored invasion, Marine Col. John...