Troops Slated for Largest Pay Raise in 20 Years Under Pentagon Budget but Inflation Looms Troops and civilian workers would get a 4.6% pay raise under a Pentagon budget request, a sharp boost from the 2.7% increase...
Advanced PCS Pay Axed, and Mandatory Government Travel Card Use Is Coming for Sailors The Navy will soon require sailors to use a Government Travel Charge Card for all military Permanent Change of Station moves.
Career Enlisted Flyer Incentive Pay If you are deemed a "Career Enlisted Flyer" by your service branch, you may be eligible for Career Enlisted Flyer Incentive...
Hazardous Duty Incentive Pay Members who perform hazardous duties such as parachute jumps, flight deck, hazmat handling, etc. can earn $150 extra per...
Overseas Tour Extension Incentive Program - OTEIP The military may offer certain servicemembers an added incentive for extending their overseas tour.
More than 1,000 Guard Troops Got the Wrong Pay on Border Mission The pay issues range from soldiers being shortchanged, sometimes by thousands of dollars, to minor discrepancies.
You May Have Contributed Too Much to Your TSP in 2021 A clerical error by DFAS could let you put more money into the fund than allowed
Biden Signs Defense Bill that Backs 2.7% Pay Raise for Troops The $768 billion National Defense Authorization Act also changes the way the military justice system will prosecute sexual...
Concurrent Receipt (CRDP) Pay Computation CRDP allows eligible military retirees to recover some or all of the retired pay that they waive for VA disability...
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
Hegseth Wants 'Male Standard' for Combat Roles. Many Female Veterans Say That's Already the Case Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in an address to the military’s top leaders waded back into a topic that nearly derailed his...
The Forgotten Military Vehicles of ‘M*A*S*H’ Between all the martini-fueled hijinx and medical drama, “M*A*S*H” featured some pretty special military vehicles.
Hegseth's Decision on Wounded Knee Medals Sparks Outrage in Native American Communities Native American communities that had long wanted the removal of military honors for the soldiers involved in the 1890 Wounded...
Airman Confronts and Shoots Armed Neighbor on Deadly Rampage, Iowa Officials Say Harrison Friar, a senior airman, was with his wife and children at their home in Glenwood on the evening of Aug. 6 when they...
