Pg. 29 – When Marine Corps spouse Lynzie Moore moved with her husband from Jacksonville, North Carolina, to San Diego, she took a pay cut and waited out a lengthy onboarding process to begin a contractor position in cancer diagnostics at a major pharmaceutical company. When a full-time position opened up, she was told that her military spouse status would move her application “to the top of the pile,” she recalled.

As the nation marked the 75th anniversary of desegregation in the military and the federal workforce, it celebrated progress — but the occasion also served as a reckoning. A combination of congressional concerns about quotas and recruiting problems for the armed services reveals a fault line in how the military should set policies to increase diversity.

Seattle, WA — Today, Starbucks Corporation (Nasdaq: SBUX) is proud to strengthen its support for the U.S. military community, including partners (employees) and their families through expanded career development, mental health, and hiring initiatives. The focus areas were inspired by conversations with Starbucks Armed Forces Network (AFN), a partner (employee) resource group that welcomes, engages and empowers Starbucks Veterans, military spouses and advocates.

Although the House’s latest defense bill has come under fire for its controversial social policy amendments, the crucial annual legislation also has a multitude of provisions to help service members and their families who are struggling financially.

Military families still have several days to take part in the largest annual survey of military life, which concludes Wednesday. Results of the Military Family Lifestyle Survey are routinely read by military leaders and politicians in positions to make changes, Blue Star’s senior director of applied research, Jessica Strong, told Stars and Stripes

FORT CAVAROS, Texas (NewsNation) — Service members across the world protect our freedom, and as they fulfill their duty, their families often relocate from one military base to another. In the midst of already challenging circumstances, many spouses face the additional hurdle of securing employment in new cities.

411 Teen talks with members of Blue Star Families, a non-profit founded by military spouses, on the findings of their 2023 survey of issues affecting military families such as health care, education, employment and housing.

Today, Capitol Hill Bureau Chief Leo Shane III sits down with Craigslist founder Craig Newmark to discuss his $100 million donation to military families.

Why would a self-described tech nerd with no personal connection to the armed forces give away $100 million to organizations focused on veterans and military families? “Because I owe them,” said Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist turned philanthropist and veterans advocate.

A recent survey from Blue Star Families revealed that military families are less likely to recommend service than before: 37 percent of active-duty families still recommend military service, down significantly from 60 percent a decade ago. Why?