Did you opt in to the Blended Retirement System in 2018? Or did you join the military since January, 2018? If you participate in the BRS, would you like to volunteer to have your investments reviewed for free, including your Thrift Savings Plan?
Military Times will hook you up with a financial adviser for a feature story that will publish in December.
If you are interested in participating, contact senior reporter Karen Jowers at kjowers@militarytimes.com. Provide your name, rank, branch of service, and years of service.
Karen has covered military families, quality of life and consumer issues for Military Times for more than 30 years, and is co-author of a chapter on media coverage of military families in the book "A Battle Plan for Supporting Military Families." She previously worked for newspapers in Guam, Norfolk, Jacksonville, Fla., and Athens, Ga.
Partial dislocation allowance will defray some of the costs of moving off post when troops have to leave barracks.
Legislation would promise veterans get the same increase as Social Security recipients later this year.
Stop requiring commissaries to make a profit, lawmakers say.
From food to child care to housing, inflation is hitting junior service members especially hard.
The supply of infant formula is running 40 percent to 50 percent below normal in commercial stores, but the most critical, specialized formulas have been even more depleted.
Denmark will arm Ukraine with with modern Harpoon anti-ship missiles to protect its coasts, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Monday after concluding the latest U.S.-led meeting of international defense chiefs to coordinate military aid for Ukraine.
Public attendance at ceremonies had been limited the last two years by the coronavirus pandemic.
Biden, at a news conference in Tokyo, said “yes” when asked if he was willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if China invaded.
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of May 23, 2022.
President Joe Biden authorized the use of Air Force planes for the effort, dubbed “Operation Fly Formula,” because no commercial flights were available.
As of Saturday, the Air Force is the only military academy, so far, where cadets are not being commissioned due to vaccine refusal.
Belarusians are among those who have answered a call for foreign fighters to join the International Legion for the Territorial Defense of Ukraine.
New Orleans’ last remaining Veterans of Foreign Wars post is breaking the mold.
U.S. President Joe Biden said cooperation between the U.S. and South Korea shows “our readiness to take on all threats together.”
Participating museums are offering free admission to military families from May 21 through Sept. 5.
Load More