New Report Details Most and Least Affordable Housing Areas for Troops Trulia is out with a report that details the most and least affordable housing areas for U.S. military troops and their...
Vets Group Criticizes Senate Panel Vote to Curb GI Bill Housing Aid A veterans group is criticizing a key Senate veterans committee for voting to curb the GI Bill housing allowance.
Utility Rebates to Drop for Most Air Force Housing A change to how utility use in Air Force privatized housing is calculated will mean that fewer residents will receive a...
Advocates Rally to Stop Senate Plan to Cut Military Housing Allowance The plan would cover only what is actually paid in rent and make two or more troops occupying the same housing split the...
Senate Backs 1.6% Troop Pay Raise, BAH Cuts, Health Care Reform The Senate has approved a defense bill that calls for a 1.6 percent military pay raise and reduced housing allowances.
Cut Tricare Rather than Military Housing Allowance: Defense Analyst Spending reforms should increase retention by cutting back benefits that serving troops don't highly value, one expert says.
Lawmakers Negotiate 2.1% Troop Raise, Drop BAH Cut The legislation still must pass both chambers of Congress and be signed by President Barack Obama before becoming law.
Average BAH Rate Set to Increase for 2017, BAS Unchanged The Basic Allowance for Housing rate will increase an average of $41 per month nationwide Jan. 1.
Conservative Group Calls for Curbing Troops' Housing Allowances A conservative think tank is calling for reducing the cost of troop housing allowances as part of the fiscal 2018 budget.
Congress Unlikely to Expand Military Food Stamp Eligibility This Year A change that would've increased the number of military families who qualify for food stamps is unlikely to be considered in...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
