House Panel Approves Defense Bill with Highest Pay Raise in Decades After Culture War Brawl Fights over diversity training, COVID-19 and LGBTQ+ troops dominated the House Armed Services Committee's yearly markup of...
DoD Won't Reimburse Pet Travel in 2023, Cuts Maximum Benefit by Half A new pet transportation entitlement won't be available to military households this summer moving season.
Lawmakers Advance Bill to Let Disabled Vets Collect Full Benefits, But Hurdles to Passage Remain The HASC approved the Major Richard Star Act, which would ensure service members who medically retire before 20 years have...
New Law Says Troops Get Up to $4,000 for Pet PCS Costs -- But DoD Hasn't Implemented It A new pet transportation entitlement may not be available to military households this summer moving season.
Enlisted Troops Could See 30% Pay Hike Under House's 2024 Defense Spending Bill A House panel's proposal for annual Pentagon spending would give E-6s and below significant increases in their base pay.
Biggest Troop Pay Raise in 2 Decades on Track in House Defense Bill Service members would get a 5.2% pay raise next year under the House Armed Services Committee's draft of the annual defense...
Bad Economy Bonus for E-6 and Below Pushed by House in Annual Defense Bill The proposal for a bonus for service members hurting from the economy is similar to an idea in last year's House NDAA for an...
5.2% Troop Pay Raise in 2024 Gets Support as Debt Ceiling Fight Subsides Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand urged the leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee to ensure that this year's National Defense...
Air Force to Its Experienced Pilots: Here's $50,000 to Extend Your Service Certain pilots -- including remote piloted aircraft pilots, air battle managers and combat systems officers -- can apply for...
Navy Retiree Pay Continues to Be Plagued with Technical Glitches The Navy's efforts to deal with a software glitch that led to more than 1,200 of its retirees owing money to the federal...
A Veteran Was Detained by Marines. It Highlights Concerns over the Military's Growing Ties to Law Enforcement. Marcos Leao's detention by Marines marks what many legal, defense and policy experts say is an unprecedented violation of the...
Hegseth Cancels Massive Contract for Military Family Moves, Pledges Fixes The company, HomeSafe Alliance, had been struggling to manage the U.S. military's domestic moves this year.
VA Changes Discrimination Policy for Health Care Staff, Denies Doctors Could Withhold Treatment The department said the change was made in order to comply with executive orders and the updates would "have no impact...
Trump Says He'll Decide Whether US Will Directly Attack Iran Within 2 Weeks Trump has been weighing whether to attack Iran by striking its well-defended Fordo uranium enrichment facility, which is...
China Sends Scores of Planes Across Central Line in Taiwan Strait China sent 74 warplanes toward Taiwan, 61 of which crossed the central line in the Taiwan Strait that unofficially divides...
