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What troops need to know for this tax season
As the April 15 tax filing deadline looms, troops and their families should be aware of some tax law changes this year that affect them. The Trump administration’s tax and spending package, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law last summer, “was significant tax legislation,” Susan Mitchell, executive director of the Armed Forces Tax Council, told Military Times. “It’s vital that...[Read More]
What troops, military families need to know about Tricare open season
Military families have some decisions to make about their health care before Tricare open season ends Dec. 9. Tricare officials released information about increases in health plan costs for 2026, so families can compare their options with Tricare Prime and Tricare Select. There’s also a new health care choice for families living in the metro areas of Atlanta, Georgia, and Tampa, Florida. Tricare o...[Read More]
What troops, military families need to know about Tricare open season
Military families have some decisions to make about their health care before Tricare open season ends Dec. 9. Tricare officials released information about increases in health plan costs for 2026, so families can compare their options with Tricare Prime and Tricare Select. There’s also a new health care choice for families living in the metro areas of Atlanta, Georgia, and Tampa, Florida. Tricare o...[Read More]
What U.S. Forces Face as Venezuela Puts Russian-Armed Military on Wartime Alert
The 10,000 U.S. troops now operating in the Caribbean were sent to interdict drug boats. But Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s Sept. 30 state of external emergency fundamentally changed what they’re facing: a military on full wartime alert, equipped with Russian air defenses and anti-ship missiles, backed by what Maduro claims is a militia of over 8 million members.
When Conduct Undermines Cohesion: Legal Accountability After the Navy SEAL Racist Meme Scandal
The Navy disciplined members of SEAL Team 4 after an investigation found racist harassment within the unit. The case examines how military law addresses discriminatory conduct, leadership responsibility, and corrective action in special operations forces, including discipline, reinstatement of qualifications, and command-level accountability
When the US went to war with Guam — and no one told them
It was perhaps the politest “battle” in human history. Upon entering Guam’s harbor on June 20, 1898, instead of experiencing the expected whizz of bullets and the booms of a cannonade, U.S. Navy Capt. Henry Glass and his crew aboard the re-commissioned cruiser USS Charleston were greeted on the beaches by curious residents who mistook Charleston’s warning shoots as a salute. No one had bothered to...[Read More]
Where Trump has threatened to strike next
President Donald Trump fired rhetorical warning shots at several governments across the globe this week. Nations from Scandinavia to the Middle East found themselves in Trump’s crosshairs, as he also doubled down on his desire to assert U.S. dominance across the Western Hemisphere. Trump seems intent on remaking the global order in the wake of the U.S. military raid on Venezuela and his subsequent...[Read More]
White House Border Czar and CBP Chief Tout Success Locking Down the Border in San Diego Visit
The latest numbers from CBP show a 93% drop in migrant encounters in the San Diego sector in October compared to the same month last year.
White House casts cartels, jihadists and left-wing extremists as ‘significant and pervasive’ threats to US
The White House on Wednesday released a wide-ranging counterterrorism strategy targeting narcoterrorists, Islamist terrorists and violent left-wing extremists. The 16-page blueprint — the first issued since President Donald Trump’s return to office — describes the triad as “significant and pervasive” dangers to the homeland, to be addressed in phases. During a conference call with reporters, Sebas...[Read More]
White House offers no hint of Iran war cost as it seeks military funding surge
White House budget director Russell Vought said on Wednesday he could not estimate the cost of the Iran war, as he defended President Donald Trump’s request for a massive $1.5 trillion annual military budget against bipartisan criticism from U.S. lawmakers who cited the Pentagon’s historic lack of financial accountability. “We’re not ready to come to you with a request. We’re still working on it. ...[Read More]
White House officials to attend funeral of Afghan vet turned advocate
Numerous administration officials and congressional leaders are expected to travel to North Carolina today for the funeral of former Army Sgt. Michael Verardo, whose catastrophic injuries in Afghanistan led to his family’s involvement with the Independence Fund, eventually pushing the charity into a prominent national advocacy role. Verardo, 40, died on Aug. 26 from complications related to long-s...[Read More]
White House Says Admiral Ordered Follow-on Strike on Alleged Drug Boat, Insists Attack Was Lawful
The White House says that a Navy admiral ordered a second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and insists that the September attack that has come under bipartisan scrutiny was lawful.