VetCon conference bridges gap for veteran owned businesses and work opportunities
Building community relationships and bridging the gap for disabled veteran business owners is the mission behind a Colonie-based conference called the Veterans in Economic…
Proposed legislation aims to end remarriage penalty for surviving military spouses
The recently proposed Love Lives On Act could impact thousands of military spouses if enacted. The bipartisan, bicameral legislation would allow the spouses of deceased service…
Veterans Treatment Courts give vets a second chance
U.S. military veterans have an option to enter into a rehabilitation program if they run into trouble with the law. Veterans Treatment Courts are diversionary courts designed to…
Military Survivor Annuity Program finally offers long-promised open season to choose new beneficiaries
During the final hours of America’s war in Vietnam, Air Force pilot H. John Markulis and his crew circled the U.S. embassy in Saigon aboard an Air Force AC-130 gunship,…
SBP Open Season – Why is DFAS denying me?
The NDAA 2023 required that DFAS conduct an open season to allow anybody not currently participating in the Survivor Benefit Plan (“SBP”) program to update their elections.…
SBP Open Season—Is DFAS intentionally ignoring the NDAA 2023?
Military retirees may be eligible to make an election at certain times—upon retirement, immediately following a divorce or marriage, etc.—that would allow their surviving…
Service members would face consequences if caught with marijuana
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Active military service members who use recreational marijuana could be putting their positions at risk. Recreational marijuana is now legal in New York…
Tully Rinckey PLLC Promotes Allison Weber to Partner
Tully Rinckey PLLC Promotes Allison Weber to Partner Military law and security clearance law attorney joined the firm in 2018 after JAG Corps service. BUFFALO, N.Y. – Tully…
Questions of back pay and reinstatement swirl around troops who got kicked out for refusing COVID vaccine
NORFOLK, Va. — Advocates for the 8,400 military members who got separated from service because of their refusal to get COVID-19 vaccinations say, now that the vaccine mandate…
Another federal pension fix buried in the NDAA
Congress can be effective with details even as it screws up the big picture. For instance, Congress added four or five trillion dollars to the national debt in the last couple of…