"Our head is above water, but I'm not sure for how long," one soldier said of his family.
Providing savings to service members is of particular concern right now due to the inflation in food prices.
A ban on Chinese-made products could affect sales of clothing, shoes, baby items, home appliances, electronics, computers, Apple phones and lots more.
One major concern is how military retirees overseas will get their mail-order medications through Tricare Express Scripts.
A separate plan to pay all troops at least $15 an hour failed to gain enough support among lawmakers.
DoD remains on schedule to deploy its Genesis electronic health records system worldwide by the end of 2023.
The moves are designed to help offset inflation costs hitting military families' finances.
The year 2022 was publicly dubbed the military's "most challenging recruiting year” in decades.
With moving season in full swing, this policy helps military families get their children into child development centers.
What has inflation done to your family budget? How are you stretching your dollars?
Both troops and civilian employees are in line for at least a 4.6% pay raise in 2023.
Lawmakers still could push the raise higher during debate in coming weeks.
Juneteenth has been celebrated annually around the country since 1865 when a Union General arrived in Galveston, Texas, and informed the enslaved African Americans that the Confederacy had lost the war and that they were free as per the Emancipation Proclamation, which was inked in 1863.
Telework was becoming a solution for federally employed military spouses moving overseas, but major roadblocks have appeared.
His behavior was "particularly egregious" given his position as the Armed Forces Retirement Home's COO, investigators said.
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