Most people don’t think much about how they divide their earnings between checking and savings. But when you’re in the military, getting your savings vs. checking account balance right is especially important. PCS moves, deployment pay changes, and BAH resets can put real pressure on cash flow throughout your career.…
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) just announced that they’ll be moving forward to revise the existing Travel Management Rule (36 CFR 212). According to the press release, the revision “simplifies the regulatory requirements to enhance quicker local decision-making and increase access, including for motorized vehicles, e-bikes, and other mobility devices.”Now…
In a lifestyle where so much is outside our control, it’s tempting to fill the parts we can control. A full calendar can even feel like proof that we’re doing military life well. We’re involved. We’re making friends. The kids are plugged in. We’re exploring our duty station. We’re volunteering.…
The PACT Act turned 4 years old this month. Formally the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act, it remains the largest single expansion of Department of Veterans Affairs health care and disability benefits in decades, extending presumptive service connection to millions of veterans…
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The National Security Agency routinely fails to inform employees of their rights under whistleblower protection laws when they sign non-disclosure agreements, the intelligence agency’s inspector general concluded this week.Although the NSA is not subject to the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, Congress has since 1988 used annual appropriations laws to compel the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a new round of sanctions aimed at Iran on Monday and warned every country that does business with the Islamic Republic to sever those financial ties or face retaliation from the United States. The new warnings to further cut off Iran from…
A sailor deployed aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln said his father was detained by immigration authorities in Florida over the weekend, while the sailor was at sea in the Middle East nine months into his deployment. Luis Manuel Aviles Roa, 48, was detained Saturday shortly after 11 a.m. in Key…
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Military leaders say that the number of sexual assault cases across the armed forces has decreased. That is according to a new Department of Defense (DOD) survey showing that the rate of unwanted sexual contact for active-duty men has decreased from 1.3% in Fiscal Year 2023—the last time the survey…
The U.S. military said Monday that it carried out a strike on another vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people accused of trafficking drugs in the first such attack announced in about two months. The death toll in the nearly yearlong U.S. campaign of bombing boats allegedly trafficking…
A real gap is built into the Department of Veterans Affairs’ disability rating system. A veteran can be rated at 70% or 80%, clearly and seriously disabled by any reasonable standard, and still fall short of the 100 percent rating that unlocks the largest monthly compensation. Total Disability based on…
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The Army Combat Diver Qualification Course is an elite special operations scuba course run by Army Special Forces in Key West, Florida. To graduate, you must endure seven weeks of training to earn the Special Operations Diver Badge. The school is open to Special Forces members, Rangers and other special…
Repeated power outages have left residents of military housing near Naval Station Norfolk, Va., in the dark and without air conditioning at sporadic times. Some military families told local television station WVEC 13 News Now that the disruptions at Willoughby Bay and Breezy Point housing facilities have lasted hours, causing…
Updated Aug 24, 2026, 8:38 AM EDT To help save on the cost of sending service members a little touch of home, the USPS created the Military Care Kit. After years of deployments, military families know one thing for certain: how to make care packages. But what families might not know…
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My birthday falls at the beginning of September, which just so happens to coincide with the dove season opener in North Carolina. As a kid, I assumed dove season was just part of celebrating my birthday. As an adult, I have fully embraced the start of hunting season as a…
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Bob Jackson is trying to honor the memory of a local military hero and posthumous…