When you buy a home using your VA loan benefits, zero down, no private mortgage insurance (PMI), and competitive interest rates are only part of the equation. Other factors, such as housing affordability, a robust military community, and state and local tax benefits can make one state stand out over…
If you’re looking for the best military movies and shows on Netflix this July, we’re here to help you stop the scrolling, move past the algorithm and find something worth putting on before your dinner gets cold. Netflix has a big catalog, which sounds great until you’re 37 minutes into…
Montana’s Hunting District 380 is one of the most difficult units to draw a bull elk tag. The success rate in 2023 was well under one percent. According to court records, multiple people bypassed the draw system entirely, illegally killing multiple bulls as well as several deer over a two-month…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The grandfather of a man who was shot and killed by the Tennessee National Guard in Memphis over the weekend says he wants answers from law enforcement. Evaniel Johnson said he is waiting to see if video footage supports the police narrative that his 20-year-old grandson,…
00:00:01 Speaker 1: What John Wesley Powell accomplished first in the eighteen seventies. Float the length of the Grand Canyon. You can do today and it’s still the Western wild lands experience of a lifetime. I’m Dan Flores, and this is the American West, down the West’s grandest Canyon. Our…
An active duty Air Force major’s arrest last week on the steps of the House of Representatives came after calling for the impeachment, conviction and removal of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, setting up a legal dispute that sits at the intersection of Capitol protest rules, military…
All jobs in the military carry real risks, but some jobs are much riskier than others. Here are 10 of the most dangerous: 1. Pararescue U.S. Air Force pararescuemen and a simulated ‘survivor’ watch as an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter comes in for a landing. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott…
Take a look at data fromiSeeCars, and you’ll see a handful of SUVs that are anywhere from 2.9 to 9.1 times as likely to cross a quarter million miles as the average vehicle, led by Toyota models like the Toyota Sequoia. These SUVs are all made by automakers with a…
A former U.S. Army soldier-turned-civilian contractor was recently convicted in federal court after prosecutors said he used insider knowledge from his military supply work to steal more than 200 pallets of Meals, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) from Fort Bliss, Texas, in a scheme worth approximately $1.12 million. Joseph Lavar Davis, 47, was…
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Editor’s note: Originally published as part of Military.com’s former PayCheck Chronicles blog in 2016. I’ve spent the past few days in San Antonio, at a conference hosted by USAA. During one portion of the conference, we met with representatives from different departments and learned about the things they are doing.…
Updated Jul 6, 2026, 4:40 PM EDT When will you get paid in 2026? These are the official military pay dates. This table reflects the schedule of 2026 military pay dates for the active and reserve components. The information may help avoid any confusion as to when you should expect to…
Updated Jul 6, 2026, 5:40 PM EDT Here are the latest PCS and TDY/TAD privately owned vehicle mileage reimbursement rates. The mileage reimbursement rate for official travel via privately owned vehicle (POV) remains the same in 2025 for permanent change of station moves. For PCS travel, the Mileage Allowance in Lieu…
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First-person shooters are one of the most crowded genres in gaming, but only a few reach a level where players call them perfect. These are the games that feel complete from start to finish. The shooting is smooth, the pacing feels right, and every system works the way it should.…
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The 2018 movie “7 Days in Entebbe” tells the story of Operation Thunderbolt, the daring 1976 rescue of 94 Israeli passengers and 12 crew members from an Air France flight grounded in Uganda after a hijacking by German PLO sympathizers. Inspired by the movie, we’ve got a list of the…
