War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s effort to review Sen. Mark Kelly’s retired rank highlights legal boundaries over retiree ...

Military retirement pay increase 2026: Military retirees will see a 2.8% increase in their 2026 retirement pay, matching the annual Cost-of-Living Adjustment applied to Social Security and VA ...

The defense secretary does not have some free-floating power to revisit retirement rank whenever a retiree does something ...

Our country requires capable armed forces in defense of our security and interests abroad. As former service members, we understand how critical pay and benefits are to our troopers and their families ...

The Supreme Court decided last week that Department of Defense funding could be used to construct sections of President Donald Trump's border wall.

We’ll take a look at my plan for the first time and explore means to improve it. I’ll cover the military retirement options that are currently available and why I chose this route. Briefly discuss how ...

In his clearest statement on the subject to date, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said Friday that if the military retirement system changes, it will not affect serving service members. “I will not ...

This past summer, the Employee Benefit Research Institute rolled out its 34th annual Retirement Confidence Survey. I detailed some of the high-level findings in this article, including a positive ...

Contributing to a retirement account is one of the best ways to ensure financial stability in your senior years. Some accounts offer more benefits than others, especially those offered for federal ...

Brief overview of dividend income and current accounts associated. Discuss means of creating passive income before retiring. We’ll look at the Thrift Savings Plan and why service members should be ...

The current military retirement system, like a lot of the military personnel system, is a relic of the draft era that has gone largely unchanged for more than 100 years. It’s unfair to our veterans, ...