7 Ways Military Pay and Benefits Provide an Advantage in an Uncertain Economy In an environment of sticky inflation, sky-high housing costs and a whole lot of uncertainty, military life has some solid...
Arlington Horse-Drawn Funerals to Remain Suspended as Families Grapple with Burial Arrangements The Army says it will continue the suspension of horse-drawn funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery after roughly a...
VA Benefits Likely Won't Cover All of a Veteran's Funeral Costs A veteran's surviving family members may be caught off guard if they expect the VA to cover all the costs of a funeral or...
Housing and Child Care in the Same Building? Lawmakers Want Study of Idea to Ease Twin Problems Facing Troops As service members struggle with both housing availability and child care access, a bipartisan pair of lawmakers thinks they...
Military Must Focus on Efforts to Keep Its Child Care Employees to Shorten Waitlists, Watchdog Says In 2022, turnover within the DoD child care sector ranged from 34% at Marine Corps child care facilities to 50% turnover...
'Diabolical Lies': What NFL Player Harrison Butker (and Military Leaders) Get Wrong About Working Women Butker's vision of a woman's one true calling is something that thousands of military spouses are currently experiencing. And...
5 Reasons to Pay Off Your Mortgage Early Rather Than Wait Over the years, one of the most common questions I’ve received from clients has been, “Should we pay off our mortgage or...
Troops Are Reimbursed for Shipping Breast Milk During Temporary Duty But Not Moves. That Could Change. The Pentagon is weighing a change to its Joint Travel Regulations to reimburse for costs related to shipping frozen breast...
VA Fertility Benefits for Military Veterans More VA beneficiaries became eligible for fertility treatments in 2024. Here's who qualifies and what to expect.
Military Spouse Appreciation Day Is Here. Will Anybody Actually Notice? The United States government has designated Friday, May 10, as Military Spouse Appreciation Day, a day to recognize the...
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Officers with Higher Rank Get Better Care than Those with Lower Ranks at Military Hospitals, Study Finds A look at 1.5 million emergency room visits in the military health system shows that, in addition to racial bias, disparities...
Another Dead End for Airborne Lasers: Air Force Scraps Effort to Mount Directed-Energy Weapon on Fighter Jet The Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator, or SHiELD, was envisioned as a laser weapon mounted on fighter jets such as...
'He Was Great Before He Came to Us': Air Force Leaders Speak at Funeral of Florida Airman Killed by Police The military connection and the attendance and participation by Air Force officials made the service for Roger Fortson an...
Military Ospreys Can't Fly More Than 30 Minutes from Landing Airfield Months After Grounding Lifted Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy V-22 Ospreys were all given the green light to fly again in early March and have been slowly...