House Approves Higher Inflation Bonuses as Sweeping Defense Bill Advances The Pentagon would have the ability to give low-paid service members inflation bonuses as high as economic conditions warrant...
Pay Bumps to Counter Suicides in Alaska and on Ships in Yard 'Unnecessary,' According to White House The proposals for Arctic pay and complex overhaul pay were spurred by waves of suicides among service members in Alaska and...
Inflation Bonuses for Troops Make it into Sweeping Defense Bill Bonuses to help low-paid service members cope with rising consumer prices are a step closer to reality.
USS Wichita Survives a Fight With the Navy that Could Have Sent It into Early Retirement A budget compromise in the Senate Armed Services Committee now is expected to save five littoral combat ships, including the...
Navy Still Pouring Millions into Shipboard Laser Weapon Development The Navy's fiscal 2023 budget request calls for over $103 million to support a half-dozen laser weapon concepts, according to...
Troops Making Less than $45,000 Would Get 'Inflation Bonus' Under House Proposal The proposed bonus of 2.4% was floated by Rep. Jared Golden as part of a proposed amendment to the $802 billion annual...
Senate Panel Adds Billions to Defense Budget But the Extra Money Wouldn’t Go to Troop Pay Raises A Senate panel has agreed to supersize President Biden’s defense budget request, but that money would not go toward a beefed...
Estimated Cost of Toxic Exposure Bill More Than One-Quarter Trillion Dollars But Bipartisan Backing Holds A sweeping Senate bill to grant benefits to millions of veterans exposed to toxins during their military service could cost...
Pentagon Can Ship More Weapons to Ukraine After Congress Replenishes Aid Funding Biden administration officials had been warning they expected to soon exhaust all of the existing funding to send weapons to...
Despite Housing Troubles Plaguing Sailors, Navy Determined to Spend Money on Shipyards Navy officials, testifying before an appropriations subcommittee, emphasized that much of construction spending will go...
Space Force Takes Over All Military Satellite Communications The Army has also transferred roughly $78 million of its budget to the Space Force for 2022 to help expand the service's...
The Navy's Offering Up to $115,000 to Join or Come Back The Navy is offering potential recruits a new, eye-watering figure in exchange for joining its ranks: $115,000 in possible...
Police: National Guard Soldier Raped Unconscious Woman During Drill Weekend A Pennsylvania Army National Guard soldier with the 109th Field Artillery is accused of sexually assaulting a woman last year...
Truck Driver Acquitted in Deaths of 7 Veterans in Head-On Collision with Motorcycles A jury has acquitted a commercial truck driver of causing the 2019 deaths of seven motorcyclists in a collision in northern...
Drone Attack Targets US Base in Syria, Officials Say The military said the attack took place in the vicinity of al-Tanf base near where the borders of Syria, Jordan and Iraq meet...
