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What Tricare Updates Meant For Dependents In 2025 – And What Is Coming In 2026

Posted on October 4, 2025 Updated on October 1, 2025

https://www.military.com/daily-news/opinions/what-tricare-updates-meant-dependents-2025-and-what-coming-2026.html

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This entry was posted in TRICARE and tagged TRICARE.

New Pentagon strategy to focus on homeland, Western Hemisphere

Posted on October 4, 2025 Updated on September 27, 2025

https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2025/09/25/new-pentagon-strategy-to-focus-on-homeland-western-hemisphere/

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Radio interview with Dr. Stephen Ferrara, acting ASW(HA)

Posted on October 3, 2025 Updated on October 1, 2025

https://www.dvidshub.net/audio/88403/radio-interview-with-dr-stephen-ferrara-acting-aswha

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Finance Friday Articles

Posted on October 3, 2025 Updated on October 3, 2025

  • A Doctor’s Guide to Divorce
  • Considering Refinancing Student Loans Now? What You Need to Know After OBBBA
  • Financial Lessons from a Doctor Who Became the ICU Patient
  • Five Pearls of Wisdom From a Legend of Financial Writing
  • Getting Access to Your TSP Penalty Free
  • Here are some financial resources for troops if shutdown stops pay
  • How Bear Markets Work
  • The 6 Stages of Diversification — Where Are You?
  • The Millionaire’s Dilemma
  • The Weirdest Bubble Ever
  • What troops and military families need to know about the government shutdown
  • Why is the Stock Market Up So Much in the 2020s?

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How the government shutdown is affecting troops, families

Posted on October 2, 2025 Updated on October 2, 2025

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/10/01/how-the-government-shutdown-is-affecting-troops-families/

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NMCSD Emergency Medicine Physician Named Finalist in Fourth Annual Young Investigator Competition

Posted on October 2, 2025 Updated on September 26, 2025

https://www.med.navy.mil/Media/News/Article/4308600/nmcsd-emergency-medicine-physician-named-finalist-in-fourth-annual-young-invest/

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Going Terminally Offline

Posted on October 2, 2025 Updated on September 24, 2025

I found this article to be profound, so I wanted to share it. Read this if you want to feel better (or worse, maybe) about social media’s impact on all of us:

Going Terminally Offline

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Trump: Military Will Protect Nation With Focus on Merit, Reawakened Warrior Spirit

Posted on October 1, 2025 Updated on October 1, 2025

https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4318894/trump-military-will-protect-nation-with-focus-on-merit-reawakened-warrior-spirit/

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Hegseth Says Promotions, Retention to be Based on Meritocracy, Not Quotas

Posted on October 1, 2025 Updated on October 1, 2025

https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4318944/hegseth-says-promotions-retention-to-be-based-on-meritocracy-not-quotas/

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Unfit, Undertrained Troops No Longer Tolerated

Posted on October 1, 2025 Updated on October 1, 2025

https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4319081/unfit-undertrained-troops-no-longer-tolerated/

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