VA's New IVF Policy Doesn't Cover Surrogates or Unmarried Partners, Unlike Tricare The uneven coverage comes after both departments announced the expansions due to a lawsuit claiming their fertility benefits...
Why Are We Silent About Military Spouse Substance Abuse? When we think about substance abuse and the military, we typically think about service members and veterans with stories that...
Why Divorce Is Particularly Hard on Military Families According to reports based on U.S. Census Bureau data, those who have served in the military have the highest divorce rate of...
How Are Military Kids Really Doing? Military children experience numerous struggles throughout their lives that they are forced to overcome.
Will a Federal Fix for Complex License Rules Help Combat Military Spouse Unemployment? Without the ability to transfer licenses across states, military spouses aren't able to take advantage of the hard work they...
Should Military Families Be Forced to Embrace the Suck? Unfortunately, resilience is not something that the military family community can opt out of.
The Mental Burden of Using Military Benefits For those who have to line up specialty or mental health care, the back and forth can become a full-time job. But is the...
Why Military Life Is Worth It Research shows that military spouses who feel a sense of belonging within the military community have a greater sense of...
How Are Male Military Spouses Really Doing? As of 2022, 9.7% of all military spouses are male. There's sizable variation based on branch of service: Just 3.8% of Marine...
Army Division Bars Leaders from Bothering Their Soldiers After Work Hours Maj. Gen. David Doyle, commander of the Fort Carson, Colorado-based 4th Infantry Division, issued a memo last week barring...
Marine Corps Creates Billet to Keep Dual-Military Families Together During Stressful Moves The billet, which is called the dual-military coordinator, will act as a liaison between couples and their career monitors in...
Exposed to Agent Orange at US Bases, Veterans Face Cancer Without VA Compensation The Defense Department has publicly acknowledged that during the Vietnam War era it stored Agent Orange at the Naval...
Reports of Mediocre Disability Exams by VA Contractors Prompts Senator's Demand for Answers A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized...
A Group Aims to Rebuild Tun Tavern, Birthplace of the Marines, as a Tavern and Restaurant National Park Service rangers in the historic district field questions all day from visitors. One of the most-asked is:...