Pay and Benefits

1. Expectant service members lack support. Doulas could help.

   Members of the military who are pregnant lack options when it comes to giving birth. That might be changing, but challenges persist.

2. The new system for moving troops’ belongings is creating some angst

   Are concerns about moving companies' new payment rates causing "unfounded angst," as USTRANSCOM contends?

3. Congress eyes protecting military pay ahead of government shutdown

   Paychecks to troops could be delayed next month unless lawmakers pass measures to guarantee military pay.

4. Medical care, child care: How shutdown could affect military families

   Inpatient care and acute and emergency outpatient care in DoD medical facilities would be immune from a shutdown.

5. Tips for stretching dollars, saving money during a government shutdown

   Senate Democratic leaders and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., face a looming Oct. 1 deadline to avoid a government shutdown

6. Military pay could be a casualty of looming government shutdown

   Lawmakers are warning that a political budget fight could have severe financial consequences for troops and their dependents.

7. New tool helps military parents with firearm storage, safety issues

   'We really need to be focused on access to firearms' by young children.

8. Rates for Tricare premium plans on the rise again

   Increase in rates for Tricare Young Adult Prime is especially stunning, one advocate says.

9. Troops: Check new ‘use it or lose it’ rules to avoid forfeiting leave

   Some troops could lose accrued leave after Sept. 30.

10. Military families stretch their grocery dollars with September deals

    Baby products, toilet paper, cleaning products, pet food, and more will be offered at extra savings at commissaries in September.