Latest "military-benefits" stories

How to use VA disability benefits to pay for dependents’ education

DEA benefits can be a smart way to pay for dependents' schooling.

By Caitlin O'Brien

8 months ago

Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne Bass speaks to airmen during the 2022 Air Force Sergeants Association Professional Education and Development Symposium in San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 18, 2022. (Master Sgt. Jarad A. Denton/Air Force)

Chief Bass talks future pay raises, flexible housing stipends

Leaders hope to give noncommissioned officers a pay raise and change how the military calculates benefits like housing stipends.

By Rachel S. Cohen

13 months ago

Your 2022 Guide to Military Benefits

Service members need to know what military benefits have and haven't changed for 2022, whether it’s health care, retirement benefits, education, or housing.

By Staff

18 months ago

He defrauded more than 100 disabled veterans of benefits. Prison awaits.

The fraud scheme targeted more than 100 disabled veterans and Social Security beneficiaries.

By Rachel Nostrant

21 months ago

Lawmaker wants to strip military benefits from DIA director turned Trump aide Mike Flynn

Marine vet Ruben Gallego argues that Flynn's past actions amount to treason and should forfeit his military pension.

By Leo Shane III

23 months ago

Report calling for troop and retiree pay cuts is grossly misleading

The figures used in the CSIS report were grossly misleading in 2012 and are even more so now.

By Lt. Gen. Dana T. Atkins, USAF (Ret.)

2 years ago