Blue Star Families

• Top DoD experts call for sweeping personnel changes

  A year-long task force wants the Defense Department to change childcare, TRICARE and the "up or out" system.

  Defense

  March 20, 2017
• Army calls in celebrity help to balance soldiers’ checkbooks

  As military financial literacy continues to fall, Suze Orman is stepping in to offer her services to troops.

  Pay & Benefits

  January 04, 2017
• Uncertainty that surrounds the military lifestyle

  “They face concerns about their economic security and they face concerns about their isolation from the larger community, from family and friends, and everyday Americans,” Kathy Roth-Douquet, president and CEO of Blue Star Families, told Federal News Radio Custom Media Director Jason Fornicola on this week’s In Focus. “By actively seeking to employ military spouses and train them in portable careers, we can help address that very difficult issue without impacting the federal government budget. And in terms of creating connections, Blue Star Families runs a number of programs to help connect Americans to the militaries in their community.

  Federal Insights

  December 01, 2015