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Stripping California Veterans' Lifeline for Benefits? Think Again

3 months ago

Veterans' Private Residential Treatment Must Match VA's Quality and Cost

5 months ago

The US Is Unprepared for the Next War

6 months ago

4 Out of 5 US Troops Surveyed Understand the Duty to Disobey Illegal Orders

7 months ago

Tricking Veterans: Using Suicide and Mental Health Struggles as a Guise for Privatizing the VA

9 months ago

We Fought for This Country. Don't Cut the One Department That Fights for Us.

9 months ago

Veterans' Protests Planned for D-Day Latest in Nearly 250 Years of Fighting for Their Benefits

9 months ago

The Fatal Cost of Twisting Intelligence

9 months ago

Women Have Served with Honor for Decades. This Administration Can't Erase That History.

9 months ago

Lessons Not Learned

9 months ago

Children In Military Families Face Unique Psychological Challenges, and the Barriers to Getting Help Add to the Strain

10 months ago

Reckoning with Mortality: The Hidden Toll of Being a Military Family in the Aviation Community

7 months ago

Trump & Co's Polygraph Pandemonium

10 months ago

Want Efficiency? Fund the VA and Cut the Proven Waste in Privatized Veterans Care

10 months ago

Community Care Is Not VA Care

1 year ago

Deny Who We Are or Harm Our Country? The Impossible Choice Facing Transgender Service Members

1 year ago

I Was Fired, and Thousands of Veterans Are Next Unless We Act

1 year ago

Fear and Chaos Hit Military Families After Sudden Firings of Top Leaders

1 year ago

Speak Up Before VA Health Care Is Gutted

1 year ago

Punishing Military Officers for Political Reasons Endangers Our Troops and Threatens National Security

3 months ago

We Military Spouses Don't Want Special Treatment. We Just Want to Work.

1 year ago

Art and Arms: 2 Aspects of Resistance in Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

1 year ago

Congress Needs to Support the VA and Firearms Industry's Partnership to Prevent Veterans' Suicides

1 year ago

Military Diversity Is Not the Problem

1 year ago

Can You Receive Post-9/11 GI Bill Payments and Other Financial Aid at the Same Time? -- Rules that dictate how the Post-9/11 GI Bill works together with other forms of financial aid often prevent those other forms...

12 days ago

1 Million More Veterans Became Eligible for Tax-Free ABLE Accounts Jan. 1 -- The ABLE Age Adjustment Act expanded eligibility for ABLE accounts, which are tax-advantaged savings accounts designed for...

15 days ago

Military Households May Deduct Moving Expenses From Their Taxes: Here's How -- Military families may not have any unreimbursed PCS moving expenses, but if you do, you can deduct those expenses on your tax...

15 days ago

Army Continuation Pay Under the Blended Retirement System Is Changing -- If you're a mid-career soldier enrolled in the Blended Retirement System (BRS), the rules around your continuation pay just...

16 days ago

2026 Taxes: This Is What Military Landlords Need to Know -- With several major changes hitting the books for the 2025 tax year, now is the time to get up to speed before the April 15...

25 days ago

When Do Military Service Members, Spouses Need to File Taxes in 2 States? -- Protections Under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act can simplify your tax requirements and quite possibly save you money...

26 days ago

How to Back Out of an Argument in the Workplace

1 day ago

Underemployed After the Military? Here's How to Fix It

15 days ago

Should You Hide Your Tattoos for a Job Interview?

23 days ago

Why You Didn't Get the Job: Understanding How Companies Hire

1 month ago

Should You Place the 'Open to Work' Banner on Your LinkedIn Profile Photo?

1 month ago

5 Steps to Start Your Civilian Networking Strategy

1 month ago

In One of the Marines' Most Iconic Jobs, a Stunning Pattern of Suicide -- Marine Corps drill instructors are a national symbol of discipline. But for some, their imposing persona belies a dark...

1 year ago

Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight -- A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...

1 year ago

Army Sergeant Wants to Plead Guilty in Georgia Base Shootings that Injured 5 -- An Army sergeant accused of shooting and wounding five co-workers at a southeast Georgia base last summer is seeking to plead...

1 day ago

Army National Guard 'Disasterville' Training for Students Simulates Real-World Disasters -- An Army National Guard program blends recruiting and disaster training, letting students use AI-powered Google glasses in a...

1 day ago

Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies -- Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here's how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...

3 days ago

US Navy Sends Submarines Under Arctic Ice for 100th Time in Milestone Exercise -- The U.S. Navy has reached a Cold War-era milestone in the Arctic, deploying two Virginia-class submarines beneath the polar...

2 days ago

All 6 Airmen Dead After US Tanker Crash in Iraq -- Early Pentagon assessments say the KC-135 crash that killed six airmen happened in friendly airspace and shows no sign of...

1 day ago

A US Military Refueling Plane Crashed in Iraq. Here's What to Know -- The U.S. military says a KC-135 refueling aircraft supporting operations against Iran crashed in western Iraq, killing four...

1 day ago

How Nuclear Waste Can Save Military Satellites and Lunar Exploration -- Russia and China can black out military satellites in seconds. A Latvian startup says nuclear-waste generators using 5x less...

4 days ago

After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life -- After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...

5 days ago

How US Sending of Marines to Strait of Hormuz Signals Posture Shift -- Warships carrying about 2,500 Marines could soon patrol the region as attacks on oil tankers intensify.

12 hours ago

GOP Senators Approve Coast Guard Commander Promotion Despite Whistleblower Retaliation -- A Coast Guard commander was found in 2018 to have violated the Military Whistleblower Protection Act but may still get a...

2 days ago

A Wedding Proposal and a Promotion Honored a Coast Guardsman Before He Died of Injuries From Mission -- The Coast Guard awarded Tyler Jaggers the Distinguished Flying Cross, one of the highest military awards for heroism.

6 days ago