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The days of being able to wait until you were close to retirement to transfer your GI Bill benefits are over, and Air Force officials want you to plan ahead so you and your family don't lose out.
A key Republican subcommittee chairman is ready to accept pay and benefits cuts for future service members, but he won't support base closing or significant force structure cuts.
Airmen at six bases from Alaska to Florida will get new community centers or new or renovated homes — and in some cases all of the above — as part of a growing Defense Department effort to shift the costs of base housing to private companies.
The first week of issuing ID cards to same-sex military spouses and enrolling them for medical benefits generally has gone 'rather smoothly,' but some problems cropped up on applications for housing allowances, said Ashley Broadway, director of family aff
Injured troops, veterans and their families in the mid-Atlantic region now have a new place they can escape to for rest and relaxation.
The Veterans Affairs Department will begin recognizing same-sex spouses, giving gay veterans access to benefits that were previously limited to heterosexual couples, the Obama administration announced Wednesday.
John Thomas Doody was in a coma and on a ventilator, but his mom refused to follow a doctor's advice and put the Iraq war veteran in a nursing home.
The Veterans Affairs Department has chosen two health care companies with histories managing Tricare contracts to administer the department's community care program.
Halloween is still more than a month away, but it's time to start thinking about getting cards, letters and packages to your overseas service member in time for Christmas or Hanukkah.
Texas not allowing same-sex spouses to enroll for benefits at state Guard facilities
These days, former Army Spc. Stephen Anthony sleeps on his sister's couch, struggling with the depression, nightmares and anger symptomatic of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Airmen with same-sex active-duty spouses are now eligible to have their husbands or wives moved with them under join-spouse assignment consideration, the Air Force Personnel Center said Aug. 30.
The population of female veterans in the U.S. is small, but the challenges the women face to stave off homelessness are significant.
In the midst of discussion about launching a U.S. military strike on Syria, President Obama moved Friday to reduce the size of January's military raise.
Headaches continue for physicians and military health care beneficiaries in the Tricare West Region as contract manager UnitedHealthcare Military & Veterans struggles to meet the demands of its Defense Department commitments.
The financial experts accredited by the Veterans Affairs Department to help low-income veterans apply for pensions may not be qualified or have the veteran's best interests at heart, says a group of powerful senators pushing for immediate changes.
Army wife Ashley Broadway has paid about $2,000 out of pocket for unexpected medical bills since June, on top of the $350 a month she has been paying for medical insurance.
A judge in Los Angeles ruled Thursday that a lesbian Army veteran and her spouse should be entitled to disability benefits given the recent Supreme Court ruling that struck down part of the Defense of Marriage Act.
The Supreme Court's June decision striking down the federal ban on same-sex marriage was met with rainbow flag-filled celebrations from the gay community nationwide.
Congress returns to work Sept. 9 to face a bruising budget battle with strong odds of having another round of sequestration and an additional threat of delaying November checks to service members, veterans and retirees.
The House Veterans' Affairs Committee chairman is giving the IRS until Tuesday night to explain why veterans' organizations are being required to prove their members are really veterans.
Difficulty getting medical appointments tops the list of military families' complaints during the current budget crunch, according to family advocates.
The Government Accountability Office has criticized the Veterans Affairs Department for giving bonuses to physicians when its medical centers and clinics haven't clearly defined what the extra pay is meant for.
The Air Force has re-pressurized the U-2 spy plane's cabin after a study revealed U-2 pilots had brain lesions at a higher than average rate, officials said.
Nearly 3,400 military medical workers quit this year in the months when furloughs were threatened or being carried out because of spending cuts known as sequestration. The vast majority of those losses were with Army medical facilities.
A Kansas senator wants the IRS to explain why veterans groups are being asked to prove their members actually served in the military.
Commissary officials have made some changes in their tests of the new curbside grocery pickup program.
More than 12,000 Medicare-eligible retirees have been notified that if they receive care at a VA health facility for illnesses other than service-related conditions, they'll pay more starting Oct. 1.
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