12 Retro Video Games to Bring You Closer to Your First Sergeant (If That’s Something You Want) Here are 12 games to shake the dust off to try to put yourself in your salty senior noncommissioned officer’s worn-out old...
Still Married to the Military: How Divorcing a Service Member Makes Custody a Minefield I was so busy figuring out divorced life that it didn’t occur to me that even though I was no longer married to a man in the...
Chicago Braces for Potential National Guard Deployment Amid Trump Threats Illinois politicians are sounding an alarm and bracing for possible National Guard deployments to Chicago amid President...
Chicago Prepares for an Influx of National Guard Troops and Immigration Agents President Donald Trump has amped up the rhetoric about crime in the nation’s third-largest city, saying an immigration...
Trump Suggests National Guard Could Go into New Orleans, a Blue City in a Red State Trump has already said he plans to send the National Guard into Chicago and Baltimore following his administration deploying...
The 150-Year-Old Law that Governs Military's Role in Local Law Enforcement President Donald Trump’s recent actions have sparked debate over the Posse Comitatus Act, a law from 1878 that limits...
We Have Always Served: The Untold Legacy of Black Military Families From the fight for independence to the battlefields of Europe, from Korea to Kandahar, Black Americans have shown up, signed...
'Leave Our Kids Alone': Schools Reopen in DC With Parents on Edge over Trump's Armed Patrols Public schools have reopened in the nation’s capital with parents on edge over the presence of thousands of National Guard...
Guardsmen Patrolling DC Will Soon Be Armed, Pentagon Says Guardsmen have mostly been patrolling tourist areas not known for high crime rates, such as the National Mall and a transit...
Trump Plans Ride-Along with Troops in Washington, DC, Crackdown Trump’s move to personally join the controversial crackdown, which has lasted for two weeks, would amount to a new escalation...
2026 Military Pay Charts Military service members will receive a 3.8% pay raise in 2026. Some senior officers may receive smaller percentages.
Here’s When VA Benefits Do and Don’t Count as Income, for Taxes and Otherwise VA disability compensation is completely tax-free at both federal and state levels. You don't report it on your tax return...
How Veterans at Grey Bull Rescue Are Bringing Americans Home From the World’s Most Dangerous Places When Americans become trapped in some of the world’s most dangerous places—inside active war zones, under collapsing...
Veteran Writer Says FBI Visit Followed Her Criticism of Student Veterans of America Marine veteran writer Elizabeth Hartman says FBI visited her after she criticized Student Veterans of America leadership...
In UK, Veterans Age 65 Told to Prepare for War As the UK readies for possible military conflict, low numbers in the Armed Forces are pushing the British government to bring...