May 3, 2016 Commission: Consolidate GI Bill Benefits, Delay Transferability A panel recommends consolidating GI Bill programs and delaying the ability for troops to transfer benefits to family members.,The commission wants to preserve the Post-9/11 GI Bil and scrap others, including Montgomery GI Bill Active Duty and the Reserve Education Assistance Program, because they're redundant and, in some cases, unnecessarily costly for recipients.
May 3, 2016 Report Recommends Combining Exchange, Commissary Systems The commissary and exchange should be combined into a single agency that would sell some products at cost and others at a profit, a panel recommended.
May 3, 2016 Survey: Military Spouse Scholarship Underused More than half of potential users of a Defense Department military spouse scholarship don't know the program exists, a new report finds.
May 3, 2016 Major Commissary Cuts, Price Increases Put in Draft Budget Proposal Commissary officials are planning to raise grocery prices, reduce store hours and cut employees to make up for budget cuts.
May 3, 2016 On-Base Residents Lose Renters Insurance Due to BAH Cuts A change to how DoD calculates rates is impacting those who live off base as well as those who live on base in privatized housing.,A change to how the Defense Department calculates housing rates is not only impacting those who live off base, but also those who live on base in privatized military housing.
May 3, 2016 New Pentagon Policy Opens Doors for Military Non-Profits Military support non-profits may soon have an easier time bringing their services on base thanks to a new pair of policy directives signed by Secretary Hagel.
May 3, 2016 Wait Continues to See What Tricare will Cover for Breastfeeding Moms Mothers looking to use Tricare's breastfeeding supplies and support coverage will have to wait an unknown amount of time to find out what the insurer will be covering.
May 3, 2016 Lawyer: Immigration Bills Will Harm Interpreters, Military Families Bills to reverse Obama’s immigration executive order will end efforts to bring U.S.-allied interpreters to the country and split military families.
May 3, 2016 Commissary to Airlift Items to Fill Empty Shelves Commissaries in Japan and Korea will soon start receiving cold food airlifted from stateside in an effort to end shortages.,Shipments started today and are expected to hit stores in Korea, Okinawa and mainland Japan by Jan. 16 or 17, officials said. Patrons there began noticing shortages of some items when a work slowdown by dock employees at ports on the U.S. west coast started impacting container ship deliveries.
May 3, 2016 Survey: Base Services, Healthcare are Military Family's Top Benefits Base amenities and healthcare are the two most valuable benefits to military spouses according to data from a new survey released today.