Pay & Benefits

More troops are moving under new household goods shipment program

Service members at 38 bases are moving under a new system, with many more coming online by the end of the year.

5 days ago

Absentee Voting Week was established in 2002 with a goal to promote military and overseas voting awareness and encourage voters to request and receive absentee ballots from the Federal Voting Assistance Program website, www.fvap.gov.

Trump claimed that Democrats would use military and overseas absentee ballots to 'cheat' in the election, but experts say the system makes that nearly impossible

Experts say widespread voter fraud in military and overseas citizens ballots would be very difficult, given the nature of the system.

9 days ago

Your Military

How your military stores will be affected by a looming port strike

How would commissaries, exchanges and overseas shipments of household goods be affected by potentially massive American port strikes?

Absentee voting deadlines loom for troops and their families

Here's what you need to know about voting when you're away from home.

2 weeks ago

Spouses and vets are key to changing ‘broken’ narrative, experts say

Changing narratives around veterans and their military experience is key, according to advocacy groups.

3 weeks ago

DOD looking for more companies to hire military spouses for program

The vast majority of spouses in the pilot program are getting job offers, but spouses are waiting for fellowships.

3 weeks ago

Universal pre-K launches for 4-year-olds at 80 DOD schools

Officials credit teachers at Defense Department schools for pushing the growth of pre-K programs.

4 weeks ago

Marines draw new policy line: ‘We will not separate families’

Marine Corps officials are getting more explicit about a policy that inspired the creation of a coordinator role for dual-military married couples.

4 weeks ago

New benefit could help troops save on out-of-pocket health care costs

The military will soon offer troops flexible spending accounts, which cover medical expenses from over-the-counter medicine to braces.

4 weeks ago

More military spouses eligible for $4,000 tuition aid scholarship

All enlisted spouses now eligible for the popular scholarship program.

4 weeks ago

Inflation has some military families ‘grasping at pennies’

With many living paycheck to paycheck, families are cutting back on everything from grocery shopping and driving to subscription services and eating out.

6 weeks ago

New household goods shipment program ramping up this fall

U.S. Transportation Command is unifying and privatizing the military moving process.

6 weeks ago