Facing Recruiting Struggles, Air Force Seeks More Money for Pay Incentives The Air Force is asking for more than $648 million in bonuses and retention efforts for 65 specialty positions, according to...
125% Increase to Space Force Bonuses Part of 2024 Budget Request that Would Grow Ranks The Space Force wants to grow the number of Guardians by nearly 10% and hopes to offer almost $5 million in new bonuses to...
Biggest Military Pay Raise in Decades Proposed by White House The proposal for a 5.2% bump in basic military pay is part of the administration's overall request for $842 billion in...
Opt Out or Pay: All Troops to Automatically Get Life Insurance March 1 Military members who don't want Servicemembers Group Life Insurance coverage will have to opt out, or they'll be charged...
Better Housing, Health Care, Pay and a Call for National Service Needed to Buoy Recruitment, Enlisted Chiefs Say The enlisted advisers for the five Department of Defense branches called on Congress to help them advocate for military...
All Combat-Injured Vets Would Keep Their Full Retirement, Disability Pay Under Proposal The Maj. Richard Star Act would eliminate the dollar-for-dollar offset on retirement pay that combat-disabled vets with less...
2023 Military Pay Charts Check out the 2023 U.S. military pay scale charts for all ranks for active duty, as well as Reserve and Guard components.
Army Urges Soldiers to Check Their Records in New HR System After String of Glitches Fewer than half who now have access to the program have taken a look at their data, officials said.
Veterans: What's Taxed and What's Not on Your Federal and State Returns Here's what veterans can expect on their taxes when it comes to service-related pay.
How to Avoid the Military 'COLA Trap' by Getting Smart About Your Retirement Date To understand how pay inversions happen, you'll need to get your head around how your retirement will be calculated.
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...