How Military Spouses Can Save for Retirement Fortunately for military spouses, you can still save for your own retirement, even with challenges such as unemployment and...
Military Spouses: The Unsung CFOs of Military Families Let’s face it: Behind nearly every financially sound military family is a military spouse juggling more spreadsheets (and...
The VA’s Home Refinancing Options for Military Members and Veterans If you've been thinking of refinancing your home loan, these brief descriptions will give you the background information...
Wills and More: These Are the Legal Documents Every Military Household Needs Estate planning isn’t just about protecting your assets; it’s about protecting your family from unnecessary stress and...
Preparing for the Worst: 5 Steps to Review and Update Insurance Policies for Financial Security The key to staying protected is making insurance reviews a regular part of your financial routine -- because the last thing...
Here’s a Tool to Easily Calculate Your Debt Repayment Strategy PowerPay lets you enter your debt information and how much money you have to put toward debt repayment each month, then helps...
Beneficiaries Outside Drive Time Standard No Longer Need Waiver to Stay in Tricare Prime New Tricare contracts that went into effect Jan. 1 changed the policy to allow those who move to a location more than 30...
Your 2025 Emergency Fund: How Military Households Can Weather the Storm A readily accessible pool of cash in the form of an emergency fund provides a crucial buffer against financial shocks...
Retirement Savings To-Do Lists for Military Households The key to a successful retirement isn't just saving; it's setting up guaranteed lifetime income so that your essential...
Year-Old VA Mortgage Rescue Program Ended by Trump Administration The VA will stop accepting new participants for what's called the Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase program, or VASP...
Trump Pardons Former Army Officer Convicted of Disobeying COVID-19 Safety Rules President Trump pardoned a former junior Army officer who was found guilty in a 2022 court-martial of violating orders to...
He Was a Sailor. I, a Marine. Our Romance Was Forbidden by Regulation. I was the new “WM”—Woman Marine—on deck, and I felt the weight of all eyes watching me for every right or wrong move I made...
American Military Jeeps Are Rising from the Ashes in Vietnam A company called Van Daryl is rebuilding the Jeeps the American military left behind in Vietnam, and you’ll hardly recognize...
Pentagon Weighs Bigger Army as Service Sees Early Recruiting Success As of Monday, the Army had brought in 59,875 new active-duty enlisted soldiers with a total goal of 61,000 for fiscal 2025...
Space Command Headquarters in Colorado 'Not Sustainable' Without New Construction, GAO Finds The political fight over Space Command's future in either Alabama or Colorado has been a partisan tug-of-war for more than...