5 Benefits of Serving in the Civil Service After Your Military Career Your military service can give you great benefits as a federal employee.
Overseas Mail Privileges for Military Retirees Will Continue While Pentagon Reviews Policy A move to rescind domestic mail services for retirees and their family members living overseas remains on hold as the...
What Benefits Are You Eligible For As A Retiree? Retirees are eligible for many benefits. Knowing about them and getting them can be difficult. We make it easy with this list...
What Are Your VA Benefits? We Tell You What They Are And How To Get Them There are hundreds of benefits you may be eligible for as a veteran, retiree, or spouse. This guide can help you get them.
Military Retirees and Dependents With ID Cards That Don’t Expire Need to Get Replacements Within 4 Years The Defense Department began the effort to update IDs to the new format in July 2020, but the changeover hit delays caused by...
Combat Related Special Compensation Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC) provides retirees a monthly compensation that replaces their VA disability offset.
Legislation Affecting Civilian Retirement Plans Coming Soon The new rules should make saving for retirement easier.
Can You Retire Overseas? There are generally no restrictions on where you may retire. Travel restrictions are generally the same as for all civilians
Some People May Face Reduced Social Security Benefits Avoid a surprise from two rules that could come into play if you or your spouse receive pensions from work where they did not...
Should You Invest in the TSP Mutual Fund Window? TSP was created as a retirement savings plan available to federal employees and military service members. TSP investors can...
Tricare Patients Fear Losing Preferred Health Care Providers Amid Contract Transition Doctors and patients said they have been caught off guard by the shift from Health Net Federal Services to TriWest Healthcare...
Lessons from the Air Force Kitchen Police: Volunteer for Everything. Even Pots and Pans When Ed Meagher reported to Air Force basic training on June 15, 1966, he was a 19-year-old college dropout. Despite two...
2 US Navy Pilots Shot Down over Red Sea in Apparent 'Friendly Fire' Incident, US Military Says Both pilots were recovered alive after ejecting from their stricken aircraft, with one suffering minor injuries.
How the Marine Corps Is Changing to Keep Talented Marines in the Service For decades, the Marine Corps incurred a "remarkably high turnover rate" among its first-term Marines as it prioritized, and...
Troop Pay Safe After Congress Approves Extension of Government Funding Troop pay is no longer in jeopardy after Congress approved legislation to keep the government funded through mid-March and...