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2023 CONUS COLA Rates Released

2023 CONUS COLA Rates Released

DECEMBER 27, 2022 - The Defense Department released the 2023 Continental United States Cost-of-Living Allowance (CONUS COLA) rates, which take effect Jan. 1, 2023. In 2023, $8 million will be paid to approximately 5,000 service members stationed within CONUS. CONUS COLA is a supplemental allowance designed to help offset higher prices in the highest-cost locations in CONUS … [Read more...]

5 Ways Military Parents Pay for College

5 Ways Military Parents Pay for College

DECEMBER 23, 2022 - Future college students who want an effective way to cover some or all of their educational expenses should think military. That's because there are several ways to get the armed services to foot at least a portion of a college, grad school, or Ph.D. degree. The good news is that there are multiple approaches for getting cash, stipends, scholarships, and … [Read more...]

DOD Increases Basic Allowance for Housing Rates

DOD Increases Basic Allowance for Housing Rates

OCTOBER 20, 2022 – In a memo on the subject “Taking Care of Our Service Members and Families,” Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III directed that basic allowance for housing be increased for active-duty service members assigned in the 28 military housing areas where the average rental housing costs have increased more than 20% over the current BAH rates. This is an … [Read more...]

Tips for Putting Multiple Kids Through College

Tips for Putting Multiple Kids Through College

OCTOBER 19, 2022 - For most of us, putting one child through college – let alone two – is much more than a notion. It involves a lot of planning, saving, and tons of sweat equity. And that’s not counting all the other, intangible ways you’ll need to be supportive over the next four years. But if you have two offspring going to college at the same time? As the saying goes, … [Read more...]

Thrift Savings Plan Lets You Pay Yourself First

Thrift Savings Plan Lets You Pay Yourself First

OCTOBER 5, 2022 - “Pay yourself first.” I don’t recall when it was that I first heard – or perhaps read – that simple bit of financial wisdom. But I do know it was sometime way back in my younger days, and that it sure sounded right – like something that I really ought to try to do. There was no Google back then, but if you enter the phrase “Pay yourself first” in your … [Read more...]

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Military Panel Discusses Military Health System

FEBRUARY 4, 2023 – Rear Adm. Cynthia Kuehner, commander of Naval Medical Forces Support Command, was part of a panel that spoke before the South Texas Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) during the Healthcare Landscape Conference held on Jan. 27. This year’s theme was “Strategic Imperatives for the Future of Healthcare […]

Pre-Enlistment Course Helps in Recruiting

DECEMBER 21, 2022 – Amid one of the most challenging recruiting environments since the all-volunteer force’s establishment in 1973, the National Guard has taken a modern approach to engaging prospective service members. Only 23% of Americans ages 17-24 qualify to serve without a medical waiver, down from 29% in recent years. While obesity, addiction, medical, […]

Top 10 Reasons to Earn an AS in Aviation Maintenance

FEBRUARY 2, 2023 — The U.S. Naval Community College will start taking applications for the Associate of Science in Aviation Maintenance Feb. 27, 2023. This degree will be offered in partnership with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and will include a Naval Studies Certificate embedded in the program. Here are the top ten reasons you should apply […]

Top 10 Reasons to Earn an AS in Aviation Maintenance

FEBRUARY 2, 2023 — The U.S. Naval Community College will start taking applications for the Associate of Science in Aviation Maintenance Feb. 27, 2023. This degree will be offered in partnership with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and will include a Naval Studies Certificate embedded in the program. Here are the top ten reasons you should apply […]

2023 CONUS COLA Rates Released

DECEMBER 27, 2022 – The Defense Department released the 2023 Continental United States Cost-of-Living Allowance (CONUS COLA) rates, which take effect Jan. 1, 2023. In 2023, $8 million will be paid to approximately 5,000 service members stationed within CONUS. CONUS COLA is a supplemental allowance designed to help offset higher prices in the highest-cost locations […]

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