This generation of veterans and servicemembers has access to the best benefits of any era in history. From the VA Home Loan program to the GI Bill, you can save money, enhance your career opportunities, and even change your life. Don’t miss out on any of the military and veteran benefits you have earned.
The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs has advanced H.R. 6047, the Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act. This bill still requires a full House vote, and if enacted, the bill will increase benefits for catastrophically injured veterans and their families and change refinancing rules for housing programs. House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs… Read more »
The troubled Department of Veterans Affairs, led by Doug Collins, has experienced yet another legal setback in its attempts to quash collective bargaining for VA employees. Federal Appeals Court Rules Against VA Anti-Union Practices A federal appeals court has ruled to keep a labor contract in place for roughly 300,000 employees at the Department of… Read more »
The House Appropriations Committee has approved an approximately $480 billion Defense Department/Department of Veterans Affairs spending package for fiscal year 2027. The bill includes what some sources call “record spending” to tackle multiple concerns, including keeping military pay commensurate with inflation. House Approves $480 Billion Spending Package for VA, Department of Defense The legislation includes… Read more »
According to TRICARE, if you were recently displaced from an overseas duty station or your home overseas, “you’re still covered by TRICARE.” Displacement counts as a qualifying life event, “which opens a 90-day window for you to update your TRICARE region or make enrollment changes,” according to TRICARE.mil.
TRICARE enrollees who use DS Logon, the legacy system for accessing TRICARE, have a limited time to make the switch to the DoD’s new login system, myAuth.DS Logon is scheduled to be terminated by the end of fiscal year 2026, and according to the TRICARE official site, “each of the platforms that support your TRICARE benefit will switch from DS Logon to myAuth. MilConnect and ID Card Office Online have already made this switch.”
The Department of Veterans Affairs has proposed a settlement in the case of Freund v. Collins, a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of veterans who experienced failures in their VA claim appeals within the legacy VA benefits system.
The Department of Defense fails to provide accurate cost-of-living allowances or COLA for over a quarter million service members due to flawed data collection practices and inconsistent policies from base to base, according to a Government Accountability Office report released in April 2026. That report says DoD methods for calculating these payments rely on unreliable sampling and poor communication.
The Pentagon proposes increases to combat-related special pay for U.S. troops serving in qualifying areas. The proposal is included in the fiscal year 2027 budget and focuses on two types of special compensation: hostile fire pay and imminent danger pay.
Understand TRICARE coverage for durable medical equipment and find out what qualifies as medically necessary DME.
The federal government is attempting to implement policy changes and reorganizations that could contribute to job losses for veterans in the civil service and at the Department of Veterans Affairs. One is a proposed overhaul of federal layoff procedures, and the termination of union contracts at major agencies has raised protests from veteran advocacy groups… Read more »