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Florida Residents Living Out of State Need to Check Driver's License, Registration Status Military families are running into roadblocks and getting bad information when trying to resolve insurance-related...
Knock Out Your 2024 Financial Spring Cleaning with These 6 Tasks This spring, clean up more than your garage with a focused effort to fine-tune your finances.
New Employer Tax Credit Helps Military Spouses Get 401(k) Retirement Benefits The Secure 2.0 Act provided the new credit to incentivize employers to quickly enroll and vest spouses in the plans.
Military Continuation Pay: The Mid-Career Bonus You Don't Want to Miss Out On Unfortunately, some military service members miss out on their mid-career continuation pay bonus, because they don't know the...
Don't Wait to Invest Just Because You're in Debt Knocking out debt is a laudable goal. However, knocking it all out before you begin to save is typically not a sound approach...
Veteran Travel Reimbursement Headaches Prompt VA to Pursue New Options for Claims Filing, Processing Following complaints from veterans and a critical VA Office of Inspector General report on the VA's travel system, the...
Soldiers and Civilians Are Dying as Mexican Cartels Embrace a Terrifying New Weapon: Land Mines The series of blasts in the Tierra Caliente — an area along the border of Jalisco and Michoacán states — mark an alarming...
Navy's Ambitious New Effort Aims to Give Sailors Understanding of 'What Right Looks Like' In an administrative message released with little fanfare, the Navy quietly embarked on an ambitious effort that leaders hope...
Two Commanders in Marine Corps' West Coast Infantry School Fired on Same Day Col. Seth "S.W." MacCutcheon, the commander of the School of Infantry-West, and Maj. Nicholas Engle, the commander of the...
Navy Fires Commander of USS Ohio -- 3rd Submarine Skipper Relieved in 7 Months The commanding officer of the USS Ohio sub's gold crew -- Capt. Kurt Balagna -- was relieved by Rear Adm. Nicholas Tilbrook...
Marine Corps Continues Path to Retirement for Artillery System that Has Seen Heavy Use in Ukraine For more than two decades, the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, has served as a key piece for U.S...
A Promising Air Force Officer Took a Stand Against Racism. Now, His Career Is in Political Jeopardy. Col. Ben Jonsson's promotion is now in jeopardy as he becomes the latest casualty of Republicans' war on "wokeness" in the...
Blinken: US Working on Maritime Corridor that Will Enable Distribution of Meals to Gaza Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. is working to establish a maritime corridor that will be used...
Explosions in Gaza Strip Send Plumes of Smoke and Dust into the Air Explosions were seen in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday as Israel continues its offensive against Hamas in the territory...
US Army Soldier Indicted, Accused of Selling Sensitive Military Information An Army soldier has been arrested on accusations of selling sensitive information related to U.S. military capabilities, Justice Department...
White House Pushing for Gaza Cease-Fire as Israel Says an Israeli-American Hostage Has Died The White House is focused on pursing a cease-fire agreement in Gaza, even as the deadline to achieve a...
They Stood Sentry over America's Nuclear Missile Arsenal. Many Worry It Gave Them Cancer. For years, it was an open secret among missileers that the Cold War-era missile alert facilities and launch control centers...
They Stood Sentry over America's Nuclear Missile Arsenal. Many Worry It Gave Them Cancer. For years, it was an open secret among missileers that the Cold War-era missile alert facilities and launch control centers...
Millions of Vets Got Health Care and Benefits Under the PACT Act. Thousands Left Out Want the Same Chance. Legislation passed in 2022 expanded benefits for former troops sickened by burn pits, Agent Orange and contaminated water at...
Millions of Vets Got Health Care and Benefits Under the PACT Act. Thousands Left Out Want the Same Chance. Legislation passed in 2022 expanded benefits for former troops sickened by burn pits, Agent Orange and contaminated water at...
US Military Operations Across the Sahel Are at Risk After Niger Ends Cooperation Until recently, the U.S. and France had more than 2,500 military personnel in the region.
Pentagon Complied with COVID-19 Waiver Rules According to Watchdog But Services Moved Slowly A Pentagon watchdog review of the military's COVID-19 vaccine exemption process found that each of the branches largely...
Navy's Preliminary Hawaii Water Report Finds System Is Meeting Standards The Navy released a new report on its preliminary plumbing assessment following multiple complaints of air and water quality...
USS Idaho Submarine Christened amid Unprecedented Demand for Workers The Idaho, named for an unlikely hotspot in the world of maritime nuclear research and training, is the 13th in the class...
Air Force Wants to Send Historic Number of A-10s to the Boneyard in 2025, Continuing Shift Away from Warthogs The Air Force is hoping to retire more A-10 Warthogs in 2025, as the service continues to readjust its overall strategies and...
Astronaut Thomas Stafford, Commander of Apollo 10 and Air Force General, Has Died at Age 93 Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, who commanded a dress rehearsal flight for the 1969 moon landing and the first U.S.-Soviet...
Space Force Is Facing Its First-Ever Budget Cuts Just as Space Threats from Abroad Are Growing The service, which was established in 2019, is requesting $29.4 billion for fiscal 2025, about $600 million -- or 2% -- less...
Space Force Guardians Just Got Their Own Service-Specific Physical Training Uniforms Space Force Guardians have finally received their own physical training uniforms that will distinguish their identity while...
Pentagon Panel Says Women Should Be Integrated into Marine Platoons as Part of Recruit Training The Marine Corps is the only service that is not gender-integrated at the lowest recruit training level, according to the...
Marine Corps Continues Path to Retirement for Artillery System that Has Seen Heavy Use in Ukraine For more than two decades, the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, has served as a key piece for U.S...
Coast Guard Takes Steps to Improve Service Members' Access to Mental Health Screenings Following a law passed in 2021 that required the services to expedite self-referrals for mental health assessments, the Coast...
US Military Doesn't Have the Icebreakers to Compete in the Arctic, NORAD Commander Warns U.S. Air Force Gen. Gregory M. Guillot said the U.S. has only one heavy icebreaker ship for Arctic operations while Russia...