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Benefit news, rewritten so you can use it.

I read the official updates, then write them the way I’d brief a Soldier after formation — clear, unofficial, and pointed at the actual signup page.

In service

Enrollment · 2026-09-22

The money counselor is free. The mill is not.

Military OneSource will put a counselor on the phone, on video, or in your town. Call 800-342-9647. A Facebook budget coach is not the benefit.

In service

Enrollment · 2026-09-22

Title 32 is not State Active Duty. The statute on the order wins.

22 Sep 2026 recut from TRICARE.mil Guard/Reserve pages and VA.gov home-loan eligibility. Public statutes only. SAD is usually not TRICARE.

In service

Enrollment · 2026-09-22

Thirty days is the fork. Drill and AT are not Prime.

22 Sep 2026 recut from TRICARE.mil Guard/Reserve pages. Public durations only. The orders and DEERS win.

In service

Enrollment · 2026-09-21

I recut the official doors this month. Open Season is still not TRS.

21 Sep 2026 recut from TRICARE.mil, VA.gov, and BENEFEDS. Public dates and dollars only.

In service

Enrollment · 2026-09-21

November is not when TRS turns on.

Open season is for Prime and Select families. TRICARE Reserve Select is a purchase you can make any month you qualify.

In service

Enrollment · 2026-09-21

Roth catch-up is a 2026 TSP rule. November is not the switch.

If you are 50 or older and over the earnings line, extra catch-up may have to go Roth. Change it on TSP.gov any pay period.

In service

Enrollment · 2026-09-21

AGR is not TRS. You are on active-duty TRICARE.

Full-time Guard and Reserve. Prime or Prime Remote. The Reserve card will send you to the wrong cash register.

In service

Enrollment · 2026-09-14

TRICARE does not buy your glasses. BENEFEDS does.

FEDVIP vision is a separate enrollment with its own open season. Recut sitrep — not an OPM flyer.

In service

Enrollment · 2026-09-07

49 points is not a close year. It is a lost year.

Reserve retirement is 20 qualifying anniversary years. Recut sitrep on AYE, IPPS-A, and the drill math.

In service

Enrollment · 2026-09-06

You enrolled TRS. That did not enroll your teeth.

TRICARE Dental Program is a separate purchase. Recut walkthrough from the official TDP door.

In service

Enrollment · 2026-09-05

TRICARE Reserve Select is a purchase. milConnect is the cash register.

Eligibility, 2026 rates, and the Beneficiary Web Enrollment path — recut from official TRICARE pages into a soldier briefing.