Pay and Benefits

Key changes to TRICARE between 2021 and 2024 could make it more difficult for service members and their families to access pharmacies and medications they need, according to a report from a congressional watchdog.

Drill-status Air National Guardsmen would have a permanent federal tuition assistance program compatible with the one available to the Army Guard under legislation reintroduced Feb. 6.

Title 10 and Title 32 National Guard Active Guard and Reserve personnel can open health-care flexible spending accounts for the first time during a special enrollment period next month, according to defense officials.

Veterans who served two or more separate periods of military service are now eligible for up to 12 months of additional education benefits, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced Jan. 3.

A bipartisan bill to expand and streamline the delivery of various veterans’ health care and benefits programs, broaden caregiver benefits and increase per diem rates for veteran homelessness providers is now law.

The Army has announced policy updates to two voluntary education programs for active-duty, National Guard and Reserve troops.

NGAUS conducted its first-ever virtual seminar for retired association members Dec. 4, offering attendees counsel about the health care and other benefits available to them.

NGAUS will hold its first virtual seminar for retired association members Dec. 4 from 1 to 3 p.m. EST.

Open enrollment season for TRICARE medical coverage and other federal employment benefits begins Nov. 11 and runs through early December.

Military retirees and veterans on disability will receive the same 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment in 2025 that federal officials announced last week for Social Security recipients.

Active Guard and Reserve personnel on Title 32 orders will soon be eligible for the first time to participate in flexible spending accounts to help pay for dependent care and health care, defense officials told NGAUS.