Military Benefits

The increase varies by branch of service, but it will bring the price of lunches for elementary students to $2.75 and for secondary students to $3.

An online, anonymous survey of a range of DoDEA participants ends April 30.

Some military personnel stationed overseas are frustrated trying to participate in the widespread recall of their Volkswagens and Audis, especially as they prepare for permanent change of station moves and are unable to ship their cars with them.

Fewer people are buying life insurance. Experts say emotions may be clouding financial judgment.

DoD’s new blended system can mean big financial changes, even to staples like insurance coverage, experts say.

A number of quality of life programs on military installations have gotten a reprieve from the federal civilian hiring freeze.

Familiar themes from deployment tempo to pay and benefits uncertainty topped the list of worries expressed by military families to enlisted leaders.

The effects of the federal civilian hiring freeze could get worse with the upcoming permanent change of station season for service members, the services’ senior enlisted advisers told lawmakers Wednesday on Capitol Hill.

A former Defense Department official says he is “saddened” by a DoD decision to stop enforcing his decision requiring protections for transgender children on military bases, and has concerns about career civilian employees reversing such decisions.

Most DoD family and quality-of-life programs aren’t exempted from the executive order.