Veteran News
Family
Your 2026 Basic Allowance for Housing increase sounds like relief. The fine print has been there the whole time. The Pentagon announced in December that military families would see an average 4.
Family
The movers finally leave. As the door closes, you are almost physically hit by the sound of sudden silence—you probably didn’t read about that on Reddit. Not the packout. Not the drive.
Service
One day, the uniform is laid out on a twin bed, and your schedule is built around PT, formations, and the grinding mental gymnastics of military life.
Service
Around 400,000 service members receive PCS orders every year—an education in itself. But a significant chunk of them are also carrying a full college course load when those orders land, and the...
Family
Brent Wachter bought his Albuquerque home in 2023 for $679,000. He wasn’t speculating or flipping properties. He was an Air Force service member who expected to stay where he was.
Family
One minute, your remote work career is humming along. Your calendar is full, the Slack notifications are manageable, and the boss thinks you live in Virginia.
Health
A Veterans Affairs medical center in Georgia and two clinics in other states are undergoing changes or closures as a result of the department’s review of veterans’ medical services.
Service
Congress has cleared the way for the Coast Guard to be funded again after the House of Representatives approved a spending bill on Thursday for most of the Department of Homeland Security.
Service
An Army infantryman at Fort Polk, Louisiana, cited the “cause” of white nationalism in online threats to attack a synagogue and kill “every single Jew,” according to a federal indictment unsealed...
Legacy
YouTuber and AI-slop extraordinaire Gorm The Old has released new videos that might soon be his greatest hits: Summaries of the most important events of World War I and World War II, animated...
Health
From weight struggles to marathon success: Jarrod Lockwood’s journey through VA’s Weight Management Program Jarrod Lockwood had struggled with his weight before his daughter was born and had “found...
Legacy
When the Human Genome Project was announced in 1990, its leaders specified three main goals . They sought to sequence the 3.
Legacy
As Joe Kittinger fell more than 76,000 feet out of the sky, his parachute failed to deploy. The mishap in late 1959 caused Kittinger to spin horizontally at about 90 revolutions per minute and lose...
Service
Across the United States, nearly 2.5 million people, more than the entire population of New Mexico, live on or near military bases.
Service
As the hot summer months approach, nearly 20,000 Marines live in barracks that lack working air conditioning. While plans are underway for a Corps-wide overhaul of barracks that will include climate..
Community
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Community
ERLANGER, Ky. – DAV (Disabled American Veterans) has received a $100,000 donation from Veteran Debt Assistance to support the organization’s mission of empowering America’s veterans to lead...
Service
The Marines will probably need at least eight more amphibious warfare ships to meet their goal of roughly 40 in order to keep three Marine Expeditionary Units deployed at the same time.
Family
Pack-out day , 2026. A crew you did not hire shows up in a truck from a company you have never heard of. They wrap your grandmother’s dining table in one layer of brown paper, scribble “SC”...
Family
When orders drop, most military families pack for one move. Families who are enrolled in the Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) pack at least three.
