A Week After Suspending Reenlistment Bonuses, Army National Guard Says It Found Money to Reinstate the Incentives The Army National Guard restarted issuing reenlistment bonuses on March 8, just a week after the program was suspended due to...
Army Unveils Occupational Fields that Need More Soldiers – and Bonuses to Get Them Filled Referred to as "precision retention," the program highlights overcrowded occupational specialties, such as cavalry scouts and...
Money for 5.2% Troop Pay Raise, Enlisted Hardship Bonuses Included in Last-Minute Government Funding Bill Lawmakers have unveiled an agreement to provide the Pentagon with $825 billion for this fiscal year that eschews...
Army National Guard Temporarily Suspends Reenlistment Bonuses Due to Lack of Funding The sudden suspension is due to a miscalculation by National Guard planners who forecast the amount of funds needed and the...
Air Force Is Offering Up to $600,000 in New Bonuses to Keep Experienced Aviators on the Job The Air Force is dangling another round of hefty bonuses that could range anywhere from $45,000 to $600,000 as an incentive...
Army Should Focus More Recruiting Effort on TV Outreach Rather than Bonuses, New Study Says For an Army trying desperately to appeal to wired Gen Z to fill the ranks, television is still remarkably relevant.
Soldiers Unpaid: National Guard Hasn't Paid Out Thousands of Enlistment Bonuses The National Guard is behind paying at least 9,000 soldiers the bonuses they were promised for signing up, according to a...
Big Bonuses, Relaxed Policies, New Slogan: None of It Saved the Military from a Recruiting Crisis in 2023 Of the five Defense Department service branches, only two met their active-duty enlisted recruiting goals for fiscal 2023.
Army Temporarily Suspends Reenlistment Bonuses for Soldiers After Hitting High Retention Rates Soldiers will not be able to contract under the old selective retention bonus until it is reinstated, according to the...
Air Force Pilots Have One Month to Extend Contracts for Up to $50,000 Per Year in Bonuses The new bonus also comes as the Air Force, as a whole, struggles with its toughest recruiting environment in decades.
Hegseth Has Ordered a Combat Standards Review. It's Unclear How It Might Apply to All the Services. It's a move that underscores Hegseth's broader push for higher standards in the military, but also one that reflects the long...
'In No Way Incompatible': Service Academy Alums Sign Letter Supporting Transgender Cadets, Midshipmen Alumni representing every academy and a broad spectrum of generations have signed onto an open letter aimed at providing...
Military Retirees Say They Were Denied Extended GI Bill Benefits Despite Supreme Court Ruling The officers had extensive service under the Montgomery and Post-9/11 GI Bills yet were not given an extra 12 months of...
Why You Should Buy a Tank You can buy surplus military vehicles, and yes, that includes tanks. Here's how to get the hottest set of wheels (sorry...
No Deal: White House Says DC's F-16 Transfer to Maryland Is Off the Table A deal last year to transfer an F-16 Fighting Falcon squadron from the District of Columbia Air National Guard to Maryland...