Keep Your Military Money Nightmares at Bay More dreadful than a haunted house tour in a hearse, tales of financial doom aren't fiction. They're painful realities. But...
4 Bad Excuses to Opt Out of the Military's Thrift Savings Plan Here are four themes driving service members' decision not to contribute to the military's Thrift Savings Plan and why I...
Here Is the 2025 Pay Raise for Disabled Veterans and Military Retirees Military retirees and disabled veterans will receive 2.5% increases to their monthly paychecks for 2025, thanks to the annual...
Do Military Households Have Misconceptions About Retirement? Here’s What They Said in a New Survey From building a solid financial foundation to preparing for emergencies and planning for retirement, the results of a recent...
More Options, Better Predictability: What Military Households Want from Their Retirement Plans If a new survey is any indicator, building a plan for the execution stage of retirement is clearly on the mind of the...
Military Families Less Likely to Dip into Retirement Savings, Survey Says -- with One Big Exception Those who wear or have worn the military uniform, based on this particular survey, appear less likely to have tapped their...
5 Reasons to Pay Attention During the Military's Financial 'Touchpoint' Training Taking full advantage of financial touchpoint training can be one of the smartest moves service members make to build a...
'Military House Hacking' Wants to Reshape Your Definition of Retirement The military teaches its troops financial "readiness," but that doesn't necessarily mean financial success. This group of...
4 Things 'Gray Area' Reservists Need to Do When They Turn 60 Finally receiving that hard-earned military retirement pay at age 60 is a big deal, and you definitely want to get that...
Disabled Veterans to Congress: Move Out on Stalled Bill to Allow Payment of Both Retirement and Disability Benefits Despite wide bipartisan backing, the Major Richard Star Act has languished for years, increasingly frustrating the veterans...
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...