Big Bonuses, Relaxed Policies, New Slogan: None of It Saved the Military from a Recruiting Crisis in 2023 Of the five Defense Department service branches, only two met their active-duty enlisted recruiting goals for fiscal 2023.
Army Temporarily Suspends Reenlistment Bonuses for Soldiers After Hitting High Retention Rates Soldiers will not be able to contract under the old selective retention bonus until it is reinstated, according to the...
Air Force Pilots Have One Month to Extend Contracts for Up to $50,000 Per Year in Bonuses The new bonus also comes as the Air Force, as a whole, struggles with its toughest recruiting environment in decades.
Naval Aviators Are Being Offered More Cash to Become Commanding Officers Big cash bonuses are not just for Navy recruits. The Navy is also offering more than $100,000 to naval aviators to stay in...
Air Force Provides Details on What Bonuses Will Be Reinstated, But Some Duty Station Moves Remain Paused The Air Force will restore the Selective Retention Bonuses and the Aviation Bonus program, as well as Assignment Incentive...
Here Are the Air Force Jobs Losing Special Duty Assignment Pay Department of the Air Force officials have revealed which jobs are no longer eligible for a bonus meant to incentivize airmen...
Canceled Bonuses, Delayed Moves: Air Force Cash Problems Trigger Cuts Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles "C.Q." Brown, told lawmakers during his confirmation hearing that the service is...
Air Force Is Cutting Pay for Tough Jobs But Won't Say Which Roles Are Losing Out Starting in October, hundreds of airmen and Guardians will no longer qualify for a monetary bonus meant to encourage service...
Biggest Enlistment Bonus in Marine Corps Is Aimed at Cyber Warfare Although the bonus is small compared to bonuses other branches offer, it is a significant move for a service that has...
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...
The Army Has Officially Deployed Laser Weapons Overseas to Combat Enemy Drones A pair of laser weapons has been deployed by the Army to an undisclosed location overseas to blast incoming enemy drones out...
Fired After 6 Months: Army Sacks Commander of Germany Unit Meant to Bolster NATO Against Russia Lt. Col. Eric Ackles, commander of 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, was relieved of command, the service...
Toxic Exposure Screenings: Vets Report Spotty Follow-Up on Questionnaire Meant to Boost Health Care and Benefits Rolled out with great fanfare in November 2022, toxic exposure screenings for all VA patients were mandated by the PACT Act...
Feds Settle Case for $2 Million After Skydiving Plane Took Out Marine Corps Osprey on Runway Nearly four years after a civilian skydiving aircraft collided with a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey sitting on a San Diego runway...
Reports of Mediocre Disability Exams by VA Contractors Prompts Senator's Demand for Answers A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized...