Current service members and their families are now eligible for flexible spending accounts.
Soldiers will get more help paying for airfare, the most expensive part of emergency travel.
Troops ranked E-4 and below would see a 14.5% raise and all other troops a 4.5% raise under legislation headed to the White House.
For months, customers at the Forest Glen Annex commissary in Silver Spring, Maryland, have asked: When will our commissary reopen?
The new rates take effect Jan. 1.
After lawmakers agreed to plans to boost pay for junior enlisted troops, they are now shifting focus to more senior enlisted members.
Beneficiaries in these four states will switch to — or stay in — a different Tricare region than the rest of their state come the new year.
Tricare open season ends Dec. 10. Federal benefits open season, including enrolling in military child care flexible spending accounts, ends Dec. 9.
The Defense Department is testing whether to expand the commissary benefit to stateside military civilian employees.
The Defense Department is making headway in curbing long-term opioid prescriptions, a new study found.
The USAA analysis found that surveyed troops' bank accounts also showed signs of the effects of inflation.
