When Home Feels Half Empty: Military Families Navigate Holiday Deployments Here are resources and strategies for families spending the holidays separated by deployment.
Military Families Finally Get More Money During Deployments Congress increased family separation pay to $300 a month after the Pentagon did not act on the authority to raise it higher...
What Every Veteran (and Family Member) Needs to Know About Cohen Veterans Network This story is an interview with the CEO (Anthony Hassan) and Board Chairman (Gen (ret) Joe Lengyel) on how Cohen Veterans...
Federal Open Enrollment Is Almost Over. Beneficiaries Urged to Review Health Plans After 2nd Big Increase Enrollees in federal health benefits need to go online and review their plans.
Start Preparing for the Next Government Shutdown Now, Before It’s Too Late Having a plan can make a pay or benefits disruption an inconvenience instead of an emergency.
Free Cruise Tickets Available for Veterans and Active-Duty Military on This Upgraded Ship Veterans and active-duty troops can sail on a free three-day, two-night cruise aboard Margaritaville at Sea, a 1,680...
Tricare Demo in Two Cities Lets Users See a Specialist Without a Referral Through the demonstration, beneficiaries will receive care through the CareSource provider network instead of the Humana...
Manage Household Utility Costs at Your New Base by Avoiding These Pitfalls Being stationed at a location with a hot summer or a cold winter may make it harder to pay large energy bills. Budget billing...
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...
Hidden Benefits: The DoD’s Adoption Subsidy And Its Quiet Impact On Military Families The DoD maintains an array of family support initiatives such as housing allowances, health care, commissary benefits, and...
This Navy Dentist Engraved 'Remember Pearl Harbor' on Hideki Tojo's Dentures For roughly three months in 1946 and 1947, the man who approved the attack on Pearl Harbor walked around Sugamo Prison with...
Black History Month Turns 100 Black History Month highlights Black servicemembers whose courage shaped the military despite segregation and discrimination.
DoW Christian Service Draws Dozens of Complaints from Members, Contractors One contractor told Military.com that the email invite was "stark, depressing, almost threatening."
The Youngest American Killed in Vietnam Enlisted in the Marines at 14 PFC Dan Bullock became the youngest American service member killed in the Vietnam War after forging his birth certificate to...
Why You Didn’t Get the Job: Understanding How Companies Hire In today’s turbulent, unpredictable and frustrating hiring market, job-seekers are seemingly doing everything right and...
