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Your Year-End Financial Action Plan, Part 3: Tackling Debt While you may not be able to dig all the way out of debt in 2024, you can clearly chart a path that will allow you to get...
Your Year-End Financial Action Plan, Part 2: Stay Ahead of the Tax Man By proactively managing your taxes at the end of the year, you can avoid surprises and ensure that your finances are in top...
4 Steps to Maximize Your Holiday Budget By planning ahead and sticking to these four tactics, you can enjoy the spirit of the holidays without the stress of...
Your Year-End Financial Action Plan, Part I: Setting the Stage A year-end financial review, when done right, acts as a recalibration for the goals that matter most to you and your family.
Should You Borrow from Your TSP Account? Financial experts don’t recommend taking out loans against retirement accounts such as the military’s Thrift Savings Plan...
Why Thanksgiving Is the Perfect Time for Important Financial Conversations in Your Military Family In military families, where change is constant and the future is sometimes uncertain, Thanksgiving offers a rare and valuable...
Army Cuts Popular Education Benefit in Half, Bars Officers as Costs Soar The Army is dramatically scaling back one of its most generous education benefits, the Credentialing Assistance program known...
Navy Cuts Length of Boot Camp Amid Rise in Recruiting Totals The Navy says that, starting next month, it will shorten the length of its Basic Military Training program -- commonly known...
Army Secretary Fires 4-Star General Who Meddled in Promotion of Unfit Subordinate Army Secretary Christine Wormuth -- in a dramatic and rare move -- on Tuesday fired one of the service's top generals...
Congress Shaves Beard Pilot Program for Air Force, Space Force from Must-Pass Defense Legislation Congress has decided to pass on ordering the Department of the Air Force to establish a pilot program examining whether...
VA Health System Remains on Federal 'High Risk' List Due to Oversight Shortfalls The VA medical system has been a concern to government auditors for the past decade but has seen vast improvements, according...
Defense Bill with Massive Junior Enlisted Raise, Restriction on Health Care for Trans Military Kids Passes House Despite anger from Democratic lawmakers at language that would restrict health care for transgender children of service...
White House Reacts to Trump Inviting China's Xi His Inauguration The White House on Thursday reacted to President-elect Donald Trump's invitation to Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his...
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill Want Answers on Mysterious New Jersey Drone Flights A U.S. senator has called for mysterious drones spotted flying over sensitive areas in New Jersey and other parts...
Massive Destruction from Israeli Airstrike that Killed 37 Palestinians in Gaza An Israeli airstrike hit the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 37 Palestinians and wounding dozens more...
First Lady Jill Biden Tells Military Children, 'You Are Loved,' at Annual Toys for Tots Celebration First lady Jill Biden hosted several dozen children from military families at the White House on Friday for the...
Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...
Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...
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...
Capitol Rioter Who Tried to Join Russian Army Is Sentenced to Prison for Probation Violation A Dallas man who tried to fly overseas to join the Russian military and fight against Ukraine has been sentenced on to six...
101st Airborne Division Troops Return to Bastogne to Mark 80th Anniversary of Battle of the Bulge The siege of Bastogne was lifted on Dec. 26, 1944, when a tank column from the 4th Armored Division of then-Lt. Gen. George...
Army and Navy Team Up for Hypersonic Missile Launch from Cape Canaveral Cape Canaveral Space Force Station had a different kind of launch on its plate Thursday when the Army and Navy teamed up to...
A US Navy Ship Will Make Its First Port Call in 8 Years in Cambodia, a Close Ally of China A U.S. Navy warship will make a port call next week in Cambodia, China's close ally in Southeast Asia, the first such visit...
Do Air Shows Really Help Military Readiness and Recruiting? Congress Plans to Find Out. Lawmakers want the secretary of defense to brief Congress on how sending military aircraft to air shows affects recruiting...
Transgender Troops, Confronting Shifting Policies of Acceptance, Just Want to Serve Transgender troops' right to serve -- perhaps even to fight and die for a nation they volunteered to defend -- has been...
Army and Navy Team Up for Hypersonic Missile Launch from Cape Canaveral Cape Canaveral Space Force Station had a different kind of launch on its plate Thursday when the Army and Navy teamed up to...
Transgender Troops, Confronting Shifting Policies of Acceptance, Just Want to Serve Transgender troops' right to serve -- perhaps even to fight and die for a nation they volunteered to defend -- has been...
A Long-Duration Battery Storage Facility Is Coming to Camp Pendleton A $42 million grant from the California Energy Commission will help construct a long-duration battery storage facility at...
'Molly Marine' Has Been a Familiar New Orleans Face Since 1943, but Whose Face Inspired Hers? New Orleans-based artist Enrique Alférez's sculpture, "Molly Marine," is the first monument to honor women in the military.
A Coast Guard Commander Miscarried. She Nearly Died After Being Denied Care. U.S. service members have long faced strict limits on abortions, even when used to resolve miscarriages. Under federal law...
US Senator Says Mysterious Drones Spotted in New Jersey Region Should Be 'Shot Down, if Necessary' “We should be doing some very urgent intelligence analysis and take them out of the skies, especially if they’re flying over...