Tricare Isn't Covering a Treatment for Eating Disorders. Senators Want to Know Why. Under the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, Tricare is supposed to cover inpatient and outpatient care...
How to Use the Survivor Benefit Plan's One-Time Open Enrollment The Pentagon has shared details of the forthcoming process for retirees to enroll in the Survivor Benefit Plan.
Renewed Military ID Cards Can Be Sent by Mail in New Pilot Program Active-duty troops can now log in to renew their family members' military ID cards in a pilot program allowing the IDs to be...
Coast Guard Will Let New Moms Defer Assignments for Up to a Year Following Childbirth The service will continue a benefit offered last year to active-duty and reserve personnel, ensuring that pregnant members...
The Pentagon Is Behind on Issuing Policy to Allow Cadets Who Have Kids to Remain at Service Academies The Pentagon has not provided any public updates or said when the formal policy will be issued.
Opt Out or Pay: All Troops to Automatically Get Life Insurance March 1 Military members who don't want Servicemembers Group Life Insurance coverage will have to opt out, or they'll be charged...
Hiring Military Spouses Could Earn Companies Tax Credits Under Proposal in Congress Employers that hire military spouses could be eligible for a tax credit under a proposal being pushed by a bipartisan group...
What to Consider With Increase in Servicemembers Group Life Insurance Effective March 1, 2023, the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance maximum benefit increases from $400,000 to $500,000.
Push to Help More Service Members In Need Get Food Stamps Revived by Senators The bill addresses a problem advocates have pointed to that blocks low-income military families from using the program.
Military to Cover Travel Costs and Offer Leave for Troops Seeking Abortions, Fertility Treatment The new policies are designed to provide health services to troops stationed in areas where medical services are restricted.
Tennessee Man Shot Dead After Flipping Middle Finger at War Memorial Albert Sturgill Jr., 63, was confronted by a group while gesturing at the flag and monuments at Cumberland County Veterans...
Chicago Braces for Potential National Guard Deployment Amid Trump Threats Illinois politicians are sounding an alarm and bracing for possible National Guard deployments to Chicago amid President...
9/11 Air Defense Stories You Might Not Know As hijacked planes turned into weapons on September 11, 2001, inside a quiet Air National Guard facility in upstate New York...
Is Trump's Troop Buildup in US Cities a Declaration of War — or Something Else? As President Donald Trump goads Democratic-led cities, Americans are grappling with a fundamental question of American...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...