Serving Smart: TAPS Introduces New Program Geared Towards Education TAPS recently announced a new program for military families in accessing education benefits and scholarships.
VFW: VA Turned 'Blind Eye' to Insurer Profiteering Off Survivors The VFW says the VA allowed an insurance company to award survivor benefits in the form of a special checking/savings account...
Dunford Honors Founder of Military Grief Assistance Program Bonnie Carroll received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, at the White House on Nov. 25...
House Eyes Giving Widows More Relief From SBP-DIC Offset A key House subcommittee is taking a fresh look at how Congress might allow a further easing the "SBP-DIC offset" to provide...
Benefit Change Approved for Retirees with Special Needs Children A new DoD policy allows military retirees with to designate their survivor benefits to special needs children by using a...
Military Officers Group to Lobby Lawmakers to Protect Survivor Benefit Members of a military officers group will lobby U.S. lawmakers next week to preserve a survivor benefit.
Reservists to Get Equal Death Benefits Under Bill Reservists would receive the same death benefits as active-duty members under a bill expected to pass Congress this week.
Death Benefits Denied to Families of Fallen Troops Families of servicemembers killed in combat last weekend will be denied death benefits while the government shutdown...
DoD Restores Death Benefits with Nonprofit's Help The Pentagon partnered with the Fisher House Foundation to resume the benefits, including a $100,000 death gratuity payment.
Disabled Vets, Survivors to Get 1.5% COLA The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Wednesday that veterans receiving disability compensation will get a 1.5 percent...
Trump Is Renaming 7 Army Installations. Here Are the Stories Behind the Names Being Scrubbed. President Donald Trump's announcement is the administration's latest move in its concerted effort to shift the people and...
Veteran Who Fired at Gunman and Inadvertently Killed Utah Protester Was a Safety Volunteer, Organizers Say Police said that the permit for the protest did not specify that there would be armed security, and that the role and...
Air Force Lowered Annual Recruiting Goal Due to Budget Woes, But Still on Track to Hit Target This Month The Air Force had to reduce its target recruiting goal by several thousand airmen due to ongoing congressional budget delays...
‘They’re Taking Shirly’: An Army Sergeant Thought His Family Was Safe. Then, ICE Deported His Wife. For tens of thousands of U.S. service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from...
Air Force's Bunker-Buster Bomb Could Take Out Iran Nuclear Facility, But Israel Hints at Other Options The Israeli campaign to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons will be considered a failure if the centrifuges deep...
