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Here’s why you’re paying less for military life insurance
Type of content: News
About 2.1 million service members are seeing a slight bump in their paycheck, as the monthly premiums for life insurance for themselves and their spouses have decreased, effective July 1.
For those with the maximum $400,000 coverage under the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance, or SGLI, the premium has decreased by $4 a month, from $29 to $25. Most service members have the maximum coverage.
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- Active Duty
- Benefits
- Family
- VA
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All military spouses can now apply for professional relicensing fee reimbursement
Type of content: News
Navy spouses – like spouses in the other services – can now apply for reimbursement of up to $500 in costs for relicensing and recertification each time they relocate with their service member.
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Navy to reimburse spouses for professional licensing after a move
Type of content: News
Sailors can be reimbursed up to $500 to cover the cost of their spouses’ professional licenses or certifications if an assignment requires them to move to a different state, the Navy announced this week.
“This is part of an ongoing effort to show Navy families we are working to expand family support programs and facilitate spouse employment opportunities,” said Perry Christiansen, lead for the Navy’s family readiness programs policy, in a statement.
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- Active Duty
- Benefits
- Family
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These unique scholarships gives student vets cash to make ends meet
Type of content: News
Nadine Carson probably would’ve had to drop out of college if not for the University of Maryland University College’s Veterans Assistance Fund.
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These two services are now helping military spouses with professional licensing costs after PCS moves
Type of content: News
Army and Air Force spouses can now apply for reimbursement of up to $500 for professional relicensing costs when they relocate with their service member – and the new policies are retroactive to Dec. 12, 2017.
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- Active Duty
- Benefits
- Family
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Defense leaders mull changes to overseas base policies to help military spouses find jobs
Type of content: News
As Congress considers new rules to help military spouses find work stateside, military officials are moving to ease barriers for spouses working overseas.
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Agent Orange effects being seen in grandchildren of Vietnam War veterans
Type of content: News
Birth defects and heart problems are showing up not only in the children, but the grandchildren of veterans who served in America’s military during the Vietnam War.
The question is whether Agent Orange, a powerful poison sprayed by the military to wipe out vegetation, is a contributing factor.
Emma Ackerson, 9, of Holiday, looks like any other little girl playing her with dog.
But this list of Emma’s medical problems keeps growing:
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- Family
- Physical Well-Being
- Vietnam
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The military is getting serious about putting eyes on your mold and other housing problems
Type of content: News
In the wake of reports from military families dealing with problems ranging from mold to mice to lead paint in their housing — and persistent frustrations in getting their concerns addressed — service officials are taking immediate steps to identify
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- Active Duty
- Benefits
- DoD
- Family
- Legislation
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Spouses have more problems, less support during deployments, survey finds
Type of content: News
Some disturbing trends related to deployments have emerged from the most recent survey of military spouses, according to military family advocates.
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'Time Away' Remains Top Troop, Military Family Worry: Survey
Type of content: News
Absence from home remains the top concern among active-duty troops and their families for the second year running, according to the results of an annual military family survey scheduled for release Wednesday.
The survey, fielded by Blue Star Families and Syracuse University's Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), queried more than 10,000 people between April and June of last year.
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