Stories Tagged as
Military
How the U.S. benefits from providing military aid to other countries
by
Janet Nguyen
Nov 22, 2024
Loans used to make up a third of military aid, but dropped to just 1% in 2001. Now the U.S. mostly provides grants.
Here's why veterans, on average, tend to start more businesses
Nov 11, 2024
Turns out, the military teaches a lot of the skills that make good entrepreneurs.
Biden opens doors to government jobs for military spouses
Mar 1, 2024
Guidelines may aid career prospects for group that tends to be un- and underemployed. Recruitment and retention of troops may benefit too.
How to better match veterans' talents with civilian opportunities
by
Sabri Ben-Achour
and Alex Schroeder
Nov 16, 2023
Many veterans lack college degrees, but the skills they acquire in military service can benefit employers, a McKinsey report shows.
For low-income military service members, inflation hits family budgets hard
Jul 13, 2022
Congress is considering a Pentagon funding bill that would continue a "basic needs allowance" for low-income service members.
Crews train in Boise in case wildfires require military muscle
by
Madelyn Beck
Jul 4, 2022
The U.S. Forest Service has a military team it uses as backup to fight fires.
Russia faces a mounting bill for maintaining its invasion of Ukraine
by
Justin Ho
Mar 23, 2022
In the long run, the country's economy will pay a high price.
For public good, not for profit.
President Biden signs defense spending authorization bill into law
by
Justin Ho
Dec 31, 2021
The defense spending authorization bill for fiscal year 2022 is a big increase from previous years. It's also more than the President originally requested. And compared to recent social spending legislation, the bill passed relatively smoothly.
Military leaders encourage hesitant service members to get vaccinated
by
Blake Farmer
May 26, 2021
Many people in the military are already fully immunized. Others are taking more time to convince.
Trump administration moves to adapt military airwaves for 5G networks
by
David Brancaccio
, Nova Safo
and Alex Schroeder
Aug 11, 2020
It's a plan to free up space for commercial 5G signals so they're less likely to get blocked.