I had fun with that one, too. They felt a bit hokey to me but it was charming.

Libby said she was told by her Casualty Assistance Officer that there are additional benefits that cannot be given because the Iran conflict has not been declared a war. “The missing benefits are combat pay-related and were missing from his final paycheck,” she said.

So…sounds like she’ll still get the monthly tax-free check for in-service death and it’ll be higher because of the dependent, and they’ll also both get education assistance. Can’t really tell from the article what’s missing but it sounds like a one-time retro. Some perspective on the clickbait headline.

I had a good time with it; some fans of the first one seemed disappointed that it didn’t include some of the improvements the first one’s expansion had, so you might want to look that up if it’s important to ya.

…well yeah who goes to Richmond on purpose ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Take it up a notch—if I’m competent to make decisions for myself, and I want to be dead, it’d be pretty nice if there was a medical facility that would give me a hand. Or a needle, whatever.

You’re already putting more effort into caring about them than they did about their answer. Etiquette requirements met.