Special Pay Overview In addition to basic pay members may also receive special & incentive pays depending on their career field or location.
Deployed Troops Could Get More Pay for Family Separation. But the Pentagon Is Dragging Its Feet. The FSA is typically an extra monthly $250 that a service member is paid "to defray a reasonable amount of extra expenses"...
New Arctic Pay for Troops Was Passed by Congress a Year Ago. But the Pentagon Waved It Off. More than a year after it was passed in the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, the Pentagon has not enacted a new...
Aviator Retention Bonus The Aviation Retention Bonus is for pilots who agree to continue in flying duties after their original service commitment.
2024 Bonus and Incentive Pays for Non-Physician Medical Officers If you work in the health care field, you may be eligible for a sign-on bonus, an extension bonus, and monthly incentive pay.
Aviation Career Incentive Pay for Officers If you are an active-duty commissioned officer on aviation duty, you are entitled to Aviation Career Incentive Pay.
Officer Career Sea Pay Active duty commissioned officers on sea duty are entitled to Career Sea Pay, at a monthly rate of up to $805.
Hostile Fire Pay and Imminent Danger Pay You may be paid special pay for serving in a hazardous area.
Special Pay for Medical Officers If you are a health professional officer you may be entitled to special pay.
VA to Give Veterans One-Year Authorizations to Seek Care from Private Providers in 30 Specialties The move allows veterans to get 12 months of private treatment without having to request a reauthorization.
Air Force Investigating After Security Forces Kill Civilian Who Crashed into Arizona Base Gate An airman from the base's Security Forces Squadron "shot and fatally injured" the civilian after several of the troops used...
Broken Altimeter, Ignored Warnings: Hearings Reveal What Went Wrong in DC Crash that Killed 67 Over three days of sometimes contentious hearings this week, the National Transportation Safety Board interrogated Federal...
Senators Seek Answers on Hawaii Veteran Ordered to Self-Deport U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut have sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem...
Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson Rock On: ‘Our Military Upbringing Helped Us in Many Ways’ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart have never served in any branch of the military. But the...