Thrift Savings Plan Changes Coming This Fall The popular retirement plan is moving into the modern era with more flexible withdrawal options and more online access.
Leave the Gray Area: Guard and Reserve Retirement Those who have completed a career serving in the Guard/Reserve face two transitions, and missing some deadlines means extra...
Armed Forces Retirement Home Accepting Applicants New regulations allow married couples to live in the homes.
Supreme Court: Retirees Can Be Court-Martialed for Crimes Committed After Service In denying a recent petition, the U.S. Supreme Court preserves UCMJ jurisdiction for retirees.
'Blended' Military Retirement Plan Not as Popular as Projected Only 280,000 active-duty members and just over 72,000 reserve component personnel chose to shift out of the High-3 plan.
Final Opt-In Rates for Blended Retirement Yield More Surprises Comparisons across branches show the singular effectiveness of the Marine Corps' approach to deepening interest in the BRS.
Military Retiree Survivor Checklist The following checklist is should be used with other estate planning tools to lessen trauma to your loved ones.
FEDVIP Extends Military Retiree Dental, Vision Enrollment Window Military retiree procrastinators get extra time to sign up for dental and vision plans.
With Retirement System Opt-In Numbers Low, Officials Make Final Push Only about 19 percent of the 1.6 million troops eligible to switch into the DoD's new Blended Retirement System have done so.
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...
