The Basics of Administrative Separation: Can You Be Fired from the Military? Military members who are not fit to serve may be faced with involuntary separation from their branch through a process called...
How to Fight an ROTC Disenrollment No cadet or midshipmen joins the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) with the thought that they will face disenrollment...
Failed Drug Test? Here's How to Protect Your Military Career If you are in the military, there is no doubt you have heard the term "zero tolerance" when it comes to the topic of drugs.
What You Need to Know About Winning a VA Medical Malpractice Claim When a veteran receives poor medical treatment at a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital or medical facility, they...
How to Upgrade Your Military Discharge and Obtain VA Benefits A prior service member, regardless of the classification of service or the nature of their discharge, never should give up...
Predeployment Checklist There seems to be no consistency in the military regarding predeployment checklists. While some units take this task very...
Inspectors' General If you need advice on where to go or who to see about a possible sexual harrassment or discrimination complaint, then you...
Letter of Instruction A "Letter of Instruction" may be made to go along with your will to dictate how your assets will be distributed and to pass...
Guardianship A very special power of attorney can give a person you designate the power to assume guardianship of your dependents in your...
Preparing Legal Documents Ahead of a Deployment It's difficult to drop everything and leave for deployment, particularly if you're involved with a complicated legal case, or...
Army Division Bars Leaders from Bothering Their Soldiers After Work Hours Maj. Gen. David Doyle, commander of the Fort Carson, Colorado-based 4th Infantry Division, issued a memo last week barring...
Marine Corps Creates Billet to Keep Dual-Military Families Together During Stressful Moves The billet, which is called the dual-military coordinator, will act as a liaison between couples and their career monitors in...
Exposed to Agent Orange at US Bases, Veterans Face Cancer Without VA Compensation The Defense Department has publicly acknowledged that during the Vietnam War era it stored Agent Orange at the Naval...
Reports of Mediocre Disability Exams by VA Contractors Prompts Senator's Demand for Answers A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized...
A Group Aims to Rebuild Tun Tavern, Birthplace of the Marines, as a Tavern and Restaurant National Park Service rangers in the historic district field questions all day from visitors. One of the most-asked is:...