Military households receiving the new Basic Needs Allowance aimed at reducing food insecurity may not have to pay taxes on the cash payments if a bipartisan bill makes it through Congress. The Basic ...

Housing allowances vary widely based on location, but the benefit is designed to cover nearly all of a service member's rent. (Marine Corps) Note: Whether it’s health care, retirement benefits, family ...

Volunteers load a vehicle at a Military Family Advisory Network food distribution event in Norfolk, Va., in May. (Courtesy of MFAN) Low-income military families are now a step closer to getting a new ...

Senior enlisted leaders threw their support behind a proposal to widen military family eligibility for a basic needs allowance on Wednesday, urging lawmakers to approve the measure to help lessen food ...

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, center, Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) Michael J. McCord testify at a Senate ...

A bicameral and bipartisan bloc of 20 members of Congress is urging Armed Services leaders to write a final NDAA that provides more financial help for U.S. troops who have low incomes and often suffer ...

The Defense Department and some members of Congress are looking at ways to reduce skyrocketing rates of food insecurity among families of active duty military personnel. Persistent hunger problems ...

Lawmakers writing this year’s defense authorization bill will soon decide once again how best to help military families plagued by food insecurity, as legislative efforts to date have failed to help ...