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Military.com - Opinion

Stripping California Veterans' Lifeline for Benefits? Think Again

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Veterans' Private Residential Treatment Must Match VA's Quality and Cost

3 months ago

The US Is Unprepared for the Next War

3 months ago

4 Out of 5 US Troops Surveyed Understand the Duty to Disobey Illegal Orders

4 months ago

Tricking Veterans: Using Suicide and Mental Health Struggles as a Guise for Privatizing the VA

6 months ago

We Fought for This Country. Don't Cut the One Department That Fights for Us.

6 months ago

Veterans' Protests Planned for D-Day Latest in Nearly 250 Years of Fighting for Their Benefits

6 months ago

The Fatal Cost of Twisting Intelligence

6 months ago

Women Have Served with Honor for Decades. This Administration Can't Erase That History.

7 months ago

Lessons Not Learned

7 months ago

Children In Military Families Face Unique Psychological Challenges, and the Barriers to Getting Help Add to the Strain

7 months ago

Reckoning with Mortality: The Hidden Toll of Being a Military Family in the Aviation Community

5 months ago

Trump & Co's Polygraph Pandemonium

7 months ago

Want Efficiency? Fund the VA and Cut the Proven Waste in Privatized Veterans Care

7 months ago

Community Care Is Not VA Care

9 months ago

Deny Who We Are or Harm Our Country? The Impossible Choice Facing Transgender Service Members

9 months ago

I Was Fired, and Thousands of Veterans Are Next Unless We Act

9 months ago

Fear and Chaos Hit Military Families After Sudden Firings of Top Leaders

9 months ago

Speak Up Before VA Health Care Is Gutted

10 months ago

Punishing Military Officers for Political Reasons Endangers Our Troops and Threatens National Security

1 month ago

We Military Spouses Don't Want Special Treatment. We Just Want to Work.

10 months ago

Art and Arms: 2 Aspects of Resistance in Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

10 months ago

Congress Needs to Support the VA and Firearms Industry's Partnership to Prevent Veterans' Suicides

11 months ago

Military Diversity Is Not the Problem

1 year ago

4 Year-End Money Deadlines Veterans Can't Afford to Miss -- TSP contributions, flexible spending accounts, retirement withdrawals and more need attention before Dec. 31.

1 day ago

How to Spend the Money Left in Your DoD Health FSA by Dec. 31 -- You have plenty of ways to spend DoD Health Care Flexible Spending Account money on eligible expenses. Here are some...

11 days ago

Start Preparing for the Next Government Shutdown Now, Before It's Too Late -- Having a plan can make a pay or benefits disruption an inconvenience instead of an emergency.

21 days ago

Costs for Tricare Are Going Up in 2026 -- Most Tricare health plan costs for military and retiree households will go up between 2% and 3% in 2026, with some steeper...

1 month ago

Payment-Deferred Commissary Purchases on Military Star Cards Extended Through November -- The Army and Air Force Exchange Service announced that it was extending its "relief offer" of interest-free commissary...

1 month ago

How to Plan for an Extended Government Shutdown -- Well, it's finally happened. After years of reporting on what to expect if the government shuts down and military pay is...

2 months ago

Career Advice: How to Defend Your Position Without Being Defensive

1 day ago

Is That Job Posting Real? 10 Ways to Spot a Scam

11 days ago

Inside Military Life: Johnny Vargas Shares How He Turned Social Media Curiosity Into Booming Side Business

12 days ago

Email or DM? How to Communicate Clearly and Confidently in Online Job Networking

19 days ago

Veteran Job Seekers: Are You Approachable, and Does It Matter?

26 days ago

How to Navigate Civilian Coworkers' Ignorance About Your Military Service

1 month ago

Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol -- As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there's no discernible endgame in sight.

2 months ago

Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims -- President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut's senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...

2 months ago

At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa -- When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...

2 months ago

Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter -- A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...

2 months ago

When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials -- Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as "essential." Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...

2 months ago

Troops Will Miss Paychecks Next Week Without Action on the Government Shutdown -- The federal government shutdown is raising anxiety levels among service members and their families, because those in uniform...

2 months ago

In One of the Marines' Most Iconic Jobs, a Stunning Pattern of Suicide -- Marine Corps drill instructors are a national symbol of discipline. But for some, their imposing persona belies a dark...

9 months ago

Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight -- A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...

9 months ago

He Risked His Life for American Soldiers in Afghanistan. Would America Let Him In? -- After the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington D.C., the Trump administration enacted sweeping restrictions...

2 hours ago

Seasonal Depression: Mission Roll Call Helps Veterans Overcome Holiday Anxiety -- Many veterans struggle during the holidays. Mission Roll Call, a veteran led organization, provides resources for both...

1 day ago

Rob Reiner's Cultural Impact: The Movies and Quotes That Shaped America -- Rob Reiner's tragic death has left an unmistakable void in Hollywood. Across five decades, his work—from All in the Family to...

9 hours ago

Third Oil Tanker in U.S. Crosshairs as Venezuela Pressure Builds -- U.S. forces are tightening pressure on President Nicolás Maduro, disrupting sanctioned oil shipments at sea.

8 hours ago

Jordan Says its Air Force Joined US Strikes on Islamic State in Syria -- The Jordanian statement said the operation aimed "to prevent extremist groups from exploiting these areas as launching pads...

2 days ago

US Military Launches Strikes in Syria Targeting Islamic State Fighters After American Deaths -- A U.S. official described it as "a large-scale" strike that hit 70 targets in areas across central Syria that had IS...

3 days ago

Clearing The Orbits: Space Force Partnerships In Orbital Cleanup -- The growing congestion of Earth orbit has raised risks to satellites, space stations, and long-term space sustainability. The...

2 months ago

Space Force Ranks: A Complete Guide to Enlisted and Officer Ranks -- Explore U.S. Space Force ranks from specialist to general. Learn about the rank structure, pay grades, insignia, and...

16 hours ago

When Marines Beat the Army: The Epic 1918 Rose Bowl That Saved Bowl Season -- With the backdrop of WWI going on, the 1918 Rose Bowl was in jeopardy. With presidential permission, it was decided that the...

1 day ago

Mexican Navy Medical Flight Lost Communication for Several Minutes Before Texas Crash -- Mexico's president says air traffic controllers lost communication for 10 minutes with a small Mexican Navy plane on a...

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