Parents' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) Parents' DIC is an income-based benefit for the parents, or parent, of a military service member or veteran who has died.
VA Opens New Phone Line for Survivor Education Benefits The new hotline is staffed by experts in helping dependents and survivors
It’s Time to Check Emergency Contacts and Beneficiary Designations An annual checkup for your information is a quick and easy way to prevent future hassles.
In First, Pentagon to Release Information on Military Dependent Suicides It will also include complete data for 2018, which hasn't been released yet.
Bill Would Align Age Eligibility for CHAMPVA with Tricare, Affordable Care Act Some members of Congress try again to increase eligibility for CHAMPVA to age 26.
Pentagon Quietly Looking into How Nonbinary Troops Could Serve Openly Someone who is nonbinary identifies as neither male nor female, oftening using "they" and "them" as their pronouns.
A Close Encounter with a Chinese Aircraft Carrier Has Become a Badge of Honor for a US Navy Destroyer Crew The operation was a testament to the "boldness" and skill of U.S. sailors, Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener said.
New Mexico Considers Sending the Guard to Staff Schools as Governors Face Growing Labor Crisis Since the pandemic, the National Guard has had to juggle a near-constant barrage of domestic missions and missions abroad.
5 More States Make Military Retirement Tax Free With 26 states now not taxing military retirement income, this may just help you decide where to retire.
VA Tests New Automated System that Could Speed Up Claims Decisions In a pilot test of the system, which uses algorithms to assess data followed by a personal review, decisions were rendered in...
